diff --git a/pkg/kube/kwait.go b/pkg/kube/kwait.go
index f173a074e..ae7fcbe43 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/kwait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/kwait.go
@@ -51,7 +51,58 @@ func (w *kstatusWaiter) WaitWithJobs(resourceList ResourceList, timeout time.Dur
 }
 
 func (w *kstatusWaiter) waitForDelete(ctx context.Context, resourceList ResourceList) error {
-	_, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	cancelCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	runtimeObjs := []runtime.Object{}
+	for _, resource := range resourceList {
+		runtimeObjs = append(runtimeObjs, resource.Object)
+	}
+	resources := []object.ObjMetadata{}
+	for _, runtimeObj := range runtimeObjs {
+		obj, err := object.RuntimeToObjMeta(runtimeObj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		resources = append(resources, obj)
+	}
+	eventCh := w.sw.Watch(cancelCtx, resources, watcher.Options{})
+	statusCollector := collector.NewResourceStatusCollector(resources)
+	done := statusCollector.ListenWithObserver(eventCh, collector.ObserverFunc(
+		func(statusCollector *collector.ResourceStatusCollector, _ event.Event) {
+			rss := []*event.ResourceStatus{}
+			for _, rs := range statusCollector.ResourceStatuses {
+				if rs == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				rss = append(rss, rs)
+			}
+			desired := status.NotFoundStatus
+			if aggregator.AggregateStatus(rss, desired) == desired {
+				cancel()
+				return
+			}
+		}),
+	)
+	<-done
+
+	if statusCollector.Error != nil {
+		return statusCollector.Error
+	}
+
+	// Only check parent context error, otherwise we would error when desired status is achieved.
+	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		errs := []error{}
+		for _, id := range resources {
+			rs := statusCollector.ResourceStatuses[id]
+			if rs.Status == status.CurrentStatus {
+				continue
+			}
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s not ready, status: %s", rs.Identifier.Name, rs.Identifier.GroupKind.Kind, rs.Status))
+		}
+		errs = append(errs, ctx.Err())
+		return errors.Join(errs...)
+	}
+	return nil
 	defer cancel()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kube/kwait_test.go b/pkg/kube/kwait_test.go
index 2301c373d..f910a4a9b 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/kwait_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/kwait_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -120,17 +119,15 @@ func getGVR(t *testing.T, mapper meta.RESTMapper, obj *unstructured.Unstructured
 func TestKWaitForDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	tests := []struct {
-		name          string
-		objs          []runtime.Object
-		expectErrs    []error
-		waitForJobs   bool
-		pausedAsReady bool
+		name        string
+		objYamls    []string
+		expectErrs  []error
+		waitForJobs bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "Pod is deleted",
-			objs: []runtime.Object{
-				&v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "pod", Namespace: "ns"}},
-			},
+			name:       "wait for pod to be deleted",
+			objYamls:   []string{podCurrent},
+			expectErrs: nil,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -150,14 +147,27 @@ func TestKWaitForDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*3)
 			defer cancel()
+			objs := []runtime.Object{}
+			for _, podYaml := range tt.objYamls {
+				m := make(map[string]interface{})
+				err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(podYaml), &m)
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				resource := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: m}
+				objs = append(objs, resource)
+				gvr := getGVR(t, fakeMapper, resource)
+				err = fakeClient.Tracker().Create(gvr, resource, resource.GetNamespace())
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+        go func(){
+          time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+          err = fakeClient.Tracker().Delete(gvr, resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GetName())
+          assert.NoError(t, err)
+        }()
+			}
 			resourceList := ResourceList{}
-			for _, obj := range tt.objs {
+			for _, obj := range objs {
 				list, err := c.Build(objBody(obj), false)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				// gvr := getGVR(t, fakeMapper, obj.)
-				// err = fakeClient.Tracker().Create(gvr, obj, )
-        // assert.NoError(t, err)
-				// resourceList = append(resourceList, list...)
+				resourceList = append(resourceList, list...)
 			}
 			err := kwaiter.waitForDelete(ctx, resourceList)
 			if tt.expectErrs != nil {
@@ -173,11 +183,10 @@ func TestKWaitForDelete(t *testing.T) {
 func TestKWaitJob(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	tests := []struct {
-		name          string
-		objYamls      []string
-		expectErrs    []error
-		waitForJobs   bool
-		pausedAsReady bool
+		name        string
+		objYamls    []string
+		expectErrs  []error
+		waitForJobs bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name:       "Job is complete",
@@ -207,10 +216,9 @@ func TestKWaitJob(t *testing.T) {
 			expectErrs: []error{errors.New("in-progress-pod: Pod not ready, status: InProgress"), errors.New("context deadline exceeded")},
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "paused deployment passes",
-			objYamls:      []string{pausedDeploymentYaml},
-			expectErrs:    nil,
-			pausedAsReady: true,
+			name:       "paused deployment passes",
+			objYamls:   []string{pausedDeploymentYaml},
+			expectErrs: nil,
 		},
 	}