diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
index 35c582f5d127..c0024eebd0aa 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
@@ -289,9 +289,7 @@ func (p *MockAutoprovisioningNodeGroupManager) CreateNodeGroup(context *context.
 
 // RemoveUnneededNodeGroups removes uneeded node groups
 func (p *MockAutoprovisioningNodeGroupManager) RemoveUnneededNodeGroups(context *context.AutoscalingContext) (removedNodeGroups []cloudprovider.NodeGroup, err error) {
-	if !context.AutoscalingOptions.NodeAutoprovisioningEnabled {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
+	
 	removedNodeGroups = make([]cloudprovider.NodeGroup, 0)
 	nodeGroups := context.CloudProvider.NodeGroups()
 	for _, nodeGroup := range nodeGroups {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 5276b97c5658..c19b5fb929ae 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ var (
 	maxInactivityTimeFlag            = flag.Duration("max-inactivity", 10*time.Minute, "Maximum time from last recorded autoscaler activity before automatic restart")
 	maxFailingTimeFlag               = flag.Duration("max-failing-time", 15*time.Minute, "Maximum time from last recorded successful autoscaler run before automatic restart")
 	balanceSimilarNodeGroupsFlag     = flag.Bool("balance-similar-node-groups", false, "Detect similar node groups and balance the number of nodes between them")
-	nodeAutoprovisioningEnabled      = flag.Bool("node-autoprovisioning-enabled", false, "Should CA autoprovision node groups when needed")
-	maxAutoprovisionedNodeGroupCount = flag.Int("max-autoprovisioned-node-group-count", 15, "The maximum number of autoprovisioned groups in the cluster.")
+	nodeAutoprovisioningEnabled      = flag.Bool("node-autoprovisioning-enabled", false, "Should CA autoprovision node groups when needed.This flag is deprecated and will be removed in future releases.")
+	maxAutoprovisionedNodeGroupCount = flag.Int("max-autoprovisioned-node-group-count", 15, "The maximum number of autoprovisioned groups in the cluster.This flag is deprecated and will be removed in future releases.")
 
 	unremovableNodeRecheckTimeout = flag.Duration("unremovable-node-recheck-timeout", 5*time.Minute, "The timeout before we check again a node that couldn't be removed before")
 	expendablePodsPriorityCutoff  = flag.Int("expendable-pods-priority-cutoff", -10, "Pods with priority below cutoff will be expendable. They can be killed without any consideration during scale down and they don't cause scale up. Pods with null priority (PodPriority disabled) are non expendable.")
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ func createAutoscalingOptions() config.AutoscalingOptions {
 		*maxEmptyBulkDeleteFlag = *maxScaleDownParallelismFlag
 	}
 
+	if isFlagPassed("node-autoprovisioning-enabled") {
+		klog.Warning("The node-autoprovisioning-enabled flag is deprecated and will be removed in k8s version 1.31.")
+	}
+
+	if isFlagPassed("max-autoprovisioned-node-group-count") {
+		klog.Warning("The max-autoprovisioned-node-group-count flag is deprecated and will be removed in k8s version 1.31.")
+	}
+
 	var parsedSchedConfig *scheduler_config.KubeSchedulerConfiguration
 	// if scheduler config flag was set by the user
 	if pflag.CommandLine.Changed(config.SchedulerConfigFileFlag) {