diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/common.go b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/common.go
index 58d5cc6f8..a20a63a67 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/common.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/common.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type crObject interface {
-	GetLabels() map[string]string
-	SelectorLabels() map[string]string
 	PrefixedName() string
 	GetServiceAccountName() string
 	AsOwner() metav1.OwnerReference
@@ -110,62 +108,6 @@ func SafeDelete(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, r client.Object) err
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SafeDeleteForSelectorsWithFinalizer removes given object if it matches provided label selectors
-func SafeDeleteForSelectorsWithFinalizer(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, r client.Object, selectors map[string]string, owner *metav1.OwnerReference) error {
-	objName, objNs := r.GetName(), r.GetNamespace()
-	if objName == "" || objNs == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("BUG: object name=%q or object namespace=%q cannot be empty", objName, objNs)
-	}
-	// reload object from API to properly remove finalizer
-	if err := rclient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
-		Namespace: objNs,
-		Name:      objName,
-	}, r); err != nil {
-		// fast path
-		if k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	if !isLabelsMatchSelectors(r.GetLabels(), selectors) {
-		// object has a different set of labels
-		// most probably it is not managed by operator
-		return nil
-	}
-	if !canBeRemoved(r, owner) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := RemoveFinalizer(ctx, rclient, r); err != nil {
-		if !k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := rclient.Delete(ctx, r); err != nil {
-		if !k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func isLabelsMatchSelectors(objLabels map[string]string, selectorLabels map[string]string) bool {
-	for k, v := range selectorLabels {
-		isFound := false
-		objV, ok := objLabels[k]
-		if ok {
-			if objV != v {
-				return false
-			}
-			isFound = true
-		}
-		if !isFound {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 // SafeDeleteWithFinalizer removes object, ignores notfound error.
 func SafeDeleteWithFinalizer(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, r client.Object, owner *metav1.OwnerReference) error {
 	objName, objNs := r.GetName(), r.GetNamespace()
@@ -202,7 +144,7 @@ func SafeDeleteWithFinalizer(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, r clien
 func deleteSA(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, cr crObject) error {
 	owner := cr.AsOwner()
 	sa := &corev1.ServiceAccount{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: cr.GetNamespace(), Name: cr.GetServiceAccountName()}}
-	return SafeDeleteForSelectorsWithFinalizer(ctx, rclient, sa, cr.SelectorLabels(), &owner)
+	return SafeDeleteWithFinalizer(ctx, rclient, sa, &owner)
 }
 
 func finalizePDB(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, cr crObject) error {
@@ -216,11 +158,5 @@ func removeConfigReloaderRole(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, cr crO
 	if err := removeFinalizeObjByName(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.Role{}, cr.PrefixedName(), cr.GetNamespace()); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := SafeDelete(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.RoleBinding{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: cr.PrefixedName(), Namespace: cr.GetNamespace()}}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := SafeDelete(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.Role{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: cr.PrefixedName(), Namespace: cr.GetNamespace()}}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmagent.go b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmagent.go
index c43559637..b2cdb81d3 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmagent.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmagent.go
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ func OnVMAgentDelete(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, cr *vmv1beta1.V
 		if err := removeFinalizeObjByName(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.Role{}, cr.GetClusterRoleName(), cr.GetNamespace()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := SafeDelete(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.RoleBinding{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: cr.GetClusterRoleName(), Namespace: cr.GetNamespace()}}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := SafeDelete(ctx, rclient, &rbacv1.Role{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: cr.GetClusterRoleName(), Namespace: cr.GetNamespace()}}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 
 	if cr.Spec.AdditionalScrapeConfigs != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmauth.go b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmauth.go
index 197601b61..839b8a594 100644
--- a/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmauth.go
+++ b/internal/controller/operator/factory/finalize/vmauth.go
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ func OnVMAuthDelete(ctx context.Context, rclient client.Client, cr *vmv1beta1.VM
 		if err := removeFinalizeObjByName(ctx, rclient, httpRoute, cr.PrefixedName(), cr.Namespace); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := SafeDelete(ctx, rclient, httpRoute); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 
 	// check HPA
diff --git a/test/e2e/vmcluster_test.go b/test/e2e/vmcluster_test.go
index fd6d347be..7826db88c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/vmcluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/vmcluster_test.go
@@ -1509,8 +1509,8 @@ up{baz="bar"} 123
 					verify: func(cr *vmv1beta1.VMCluster) {
 						By("checking that update process runs as configured")
 						Eventually(func() int {
-							podList := &corev1.PodList{}
-							k8sClient.List(ctx, podList, &client.ListOptions{
+							var podList corev1.PodList
+							k8sClient.List(ctx, &podList, &client.ListOptions{
 								Namespace:     namespace,
 								LabelSelector: labels.SelectorFromSet(cr.SelectorLabels(vmv1beta1.ClusterComponentStorage)),
 							})
@@ -1520,14 +1520,16 @@ up{baz="bar"} 123
 									podsUpdated++
 								}
 							}
+							return podsUpdated
+						}, eventualStatefulsetAppReadyTimeout).Should(BeNumerically("==", 4))
+						Eventually(func() int32 {
 							var pdb policyv1.PodDisruptionBudget
 							k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{
 								Namespace: namespace,
 								Name:      cr.PrefixedName(vmv1beta1.ClusterComponentStorage),
 							}, &pdb)
-							Expect(pdb.Status.CurrentHealthy).To(BeNumerically(">=", 3), "at least 3 pods should be healthy during the update")
-							return podsUpdated
-						}, eventualStatefulsetAppReadyTimeout).Should(BeNumerically("==", 4))
+							return pdb.Status.CurrentHealthy
+						}, eventualStatefulsetAppReadyTimeout).Should(BeNumerically(">=", 3))
 					},
 				},
 			),