diff --git a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
index a3ab08a939..e100b2701a 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/controller.go
@@ -501,31 +501,34 @@ func filterTLS13Ciphers(ciphers []string) []string {
 // the finalizer.
 func (r *reconciler) ensureIngressDeleted(ingress *operatorv1.IngressController) error {
 	errs := []error{}
-	if err := r.finalizeLoadBalancerService(ingress); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to finalize load balancer service for %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
+	if svcExists, err := r.finalizeLoadBalancerService(ingress); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to finalize load balancer service for ingress %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
+	} else if svcExists {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("load balancer service exists for ingress %s/%s", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name))
 	}
 
 	// Delete the wildcard DNS record, and block ingresscontroller finalization
 	// until the dnsrecord has been finalized.
 	if err := r.deleteWildcardDNSRecord(ingress); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete wildcard dnsrecord: %v", err))
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete wildcard dnsrecord for ingress %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
 	}
 	if record, err := r.currentWildcardDNSRecord(ingress); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get current wildcard dnsrecord: %v", err))
-	} else {
-		if record != nil {
-			log.V(1).Info("waiting for wildcard dnsrecord to be deleted", "dnsrecord", record)
-			return nil
-		}
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get current wildcard dnsrecord for ingress %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
+	} else if record != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("wildcard dnsrecord exists for ingress %s/%s", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name))
 	}
 
 	if err := r.ensureRouterDeleted(ingress); err != nil {
-		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete deployment for ingress %s: %v", ingress.Name, err))
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete deployment for ingress %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
+	}
+	if deploy, err := r.currentRouterDeployment(ingress); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to get deployment for ingress %s/%s: %v", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name, err))
+	} else if deploy != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("deployment still exists for ingress %s/%s", ingress.Namespace, ingress.Name))
 	}
 
 	if len(errs) == 0 {
-		// Remove the "ingresscontroller.operator.openshift.io/finalizer-ingresscontroller" finalizer
-		// to allow the ingresscontroller to be deleted.
+		// Remove the ingresscontroller finalizer.
 		if slice.ContainsString(ingress.Finalizers, manifests.IngressControllerFinalizer) {
 			updated := ingress.DeepCopy()
 			updated.Finalizers = slice.RemoveString(updated.Finalizers, manifests.IngressControllerFinalizer)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/load_balancer_service.go b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/load_balancer_service.go
index 7935881147..20f0b3b64c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/load_balancer_service.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/controller/ingress/load_balancer_service.go
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ const (
 	//
 	// https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#proxy-protocol-support-on-aws
 	awsLBProxyProtocolAnnotation = "service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-proxy-protocol"
-	// lbServiceCleanUpFinalizer is a finalizer attached to any service that has type=LoadBalancer.
-	// Upon deletion of the service, the actual deletion of the resource will be blocked until
-	// this finalizer is removed.
-	lbServiceCleanUpFinalizer = "service.kubernetes.io/load-balancer-cleanup"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -144,13 +140,13 @@ func (r *reconciler) currentLoadBalancerService(ci *operatorv1.IngressController
 // that's no longer necessary. We just need to clear the finalizer which might exist
 // on existing resources.
 // TODO: How can we delete this code?
-func (r *reconciler) finalizeLoadBalancerService(ci *operatorv1.IngressController) error {
+func (r *reconciler) finalizeLoadBalancerService(ci *operatorv1.IngressController) (bool, error) {
 	service, err := r.currentLoadBalancerService(ci)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return false, err
 	}
 	if service == nil {
-		return nil
+		return false, nil
 	}
 	// Mutate a copy to avoid assuming we know where the current one came from
 	// (i.e. it could have been from a cache).
@@ -158,14 +154,10 @@ func (r *reconciler) finalizeLoadBalancerService(ci *operatorv1.IngressControlle
 	if slice.ContainsString(updated.Finalizers, manifests.LoadBalancerServiceFinalizer) {
 		updated.Finalizers = slice.RemoveString(updated.Finalizers, manifests.LoadBalancerServiceFinalizer)
 		if err := r.client.Update(context.TODO(), updated); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove finalizer from service %s for ingress %s/%s: %v", service.Namespace, service.Name, ci.Name, err)
+			return true, fmt.Errorf("failed to remove finalizer from service %s/%s for ingress %s/%s: %v",
+				service.Namespace, service.Name, ci.Namespace, ci.Name, err)
 		}
 	}
-	// The load balancer service is not deleted until the cloud infra is cleaned-up. For more details, see:
-	// https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-network/20190423-service-lb-finalizer.md
-	if slice.ContainsString(service.Finalizers, lbServiceCleanUpFinalizer) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("finalizer %s exists for service %s/%s", lbServiceCleanUpFinalizer, service.Namespace, service.Name)
-	}
 	log.Info("finalized load balancer service for ingress", "namespace", ci.Namespace, "name", ci.Name)
-	return nil
+	return true, nil
 }