diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
index e9b4c0c64..eb2886e19 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Start() error {
 	}
 
 	if c.spec.Storage.Store.UpdateStore == OSDStoreUpdateConfirmation {
-		delOpts := &k8sutil.DeleteOptions{MustDelete: true, WaitOptions: k8sutil.WaitOptions{Wait: true}}
+		delOpts := &k8sutil.DeleteOptions{WaitOptions: k8sutil.WaitOptions{Wait: true}}
 		err := k8sutil.DeleteConfigMap(c.clusterInfo.Context, c.context.Clientset, OSDReplaceConfigName, namespace, delOpts)
 		if err != nil {
 			if kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {