diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_cloud_provider_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_cloud_provider_test.go
index ff9d0274905..6038db4b5c4 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_cloud_provider_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_cloud_provider_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func newTestAzureManager(t *testing.T) *AzureManager {
 			VMType:              vmTypeVMSS,
 			MaxDeploymentsCount: 2,
 			Deployment:          "deployment",
+			EnableForceDelete:   true,
 		},
 		azClient: &azClient{
 			virtualMachineScaleSetsClient:   mockVMSSClient,
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
index 6f34d1557fa..99c6af3c42c 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set.go
@@ -435,8 +435,7 @@ func (scaleSet *ScaleSet) DeleteInstances(instances []*azureRef, hasUnregistered
 	resourceGroup := scaleSet.manager.config.ResourceGroup
 
 	scaleSet.instanceMutex.Lock()
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Calling virtualMachineScaleSetsClient.DeleteInstancesAsync(%v)", requiredIds.InstanceIds)
-	klog.Infof("ForceDelete option is set to %v", scaleSet.enableForceDelete)
+	klog.V(3).Infof("Calling virtualMachineScaleSetsClient.DeleteInstancesAsync(%v), force delete set to %v", requiredIds.InstanceIds, scaleSet.enableForceDelete)
 	future, rerr := scaleSet.manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetsClient.DeleteInstancesAsync(ctx, resourceGroup, commonAsg.Id(), *requiredIds, scaleSet.enableForceDelete)
 
 	if scaleSet.enableForceDelete && isOperationNotAllowed(rerr) {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
index 48fdc50b7de..9a409cd2594 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/azure/azure_scale_set_test.go
@@ -406,18 +406,48 @@ func TestDeleteNodes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vmssName := "test-asg"
 	var vmssCapacity int64 = 3
-	orchestrationModes := [2]compute.OrchestrationMode{compute.Uniform, compute.Flexible}
-	expectedVMSSVMs := newTestVMSSVMList(3)
-	expectedVMs := newTestVMList(3)
+	cases := []struct {
+		name              string
+		orchestrationMode compute.OrchestrationMode
+		enableForceDelete bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "uniform, force delete enabled",
+			orchestrationMode: compute.Uniform,
+			enableForceDelete: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "uniform, force delete disabled",
+			orchestrationMode: compute.Uniform,
+			enableForceDelete: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "flexible, force delete enabled",
+			orchestrationMode: compute.Flexible,
+			enableForceDelete: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "flexible, force delete disabled",
+			orchestrationMode: compute.Flexible,
+			enableForceDelete: false,
+		},
+	}
 
-	for _, orchMode := range orchestrationModes {
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		orchMode := tc.orchestrationMode
+		enableForceDelete := tc.enableForceDelete
+
+		expectedVMSSVMs := newTestVMSSVMList(3)
+		expectedVMs := newTestVMList(3)
 
 		manager := newTestAzureManager(t)
+		manager.config.EnableForceDelete = enableForceDelete
 		expectedScaleSets := newTestVMSSList(vmssCapacity, vmssName, "eastus", orchMode)
+		fmt.Printf("orchMode: %s, enableForceDelete: %t\n", orchMode, enableForceDelete)
 
 		mockVMSSClient := mockvmssclient.NewMockInterface(ctrl)
 		mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().List(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return(expectedScaleSets, nil).Times(2)
-		mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().DeleteInstancesAsync(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup, gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), false).Return(nil, nil)
+		mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().DeleteInstancesAsync(gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup, gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), enableForceDelete).Return(nil, nil)
 		mockVMSSClient.EXPECT().WaitForDeleteInstancesResult(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), manager.config.ResourceGroup).Return(&http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK}, nil).AnyTimes()
 		manager.azClient.virtualMachineScaleSetsClient = mockVMSSClient
 
@@ -498,7 +528,6 @@ func TestDeleteNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		instance2, found := scaleSet.getInstanceByProviderID(nodesToDelete[1].Spec.ProviderID)
 		assert.True(t, found, true)
 		assert.Equal(t, instance2.Status.State, cloudprovider.InstanceDeleting)
-
 	}
 }