diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/Timeoutable.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/Timeoutable.java
index ff8c2ea8d9..d84be3aa48 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/Timeoutable.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/Timeoutable.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public interface Timeoutable {
 
   /**
-   * Wait for the given operation timeout. For list contexts it applies to each delete operation.
+   * Wait for the given operation timeout.
    *
    * @param timeout 0 indicates no wait
    * @param unit
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public interface Timeoutable {
   Object withTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);
 
   /**
-   * Wait for the given operation timeout in milliseconds. For list contexts it applies to each delete operation.
+   * Wait for the given operation timeout in milliseconds.
    *
    * @param timeoutInMillis 0 indicates no wait
    */
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/BaseOperation.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/BaseOperation.java
index cf19f11baa..3ac9966497 100755
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/BaseOperation.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/BaseOperation.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.FilterWatchListDeletable;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.MixedOperation;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Resource;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.Waitable;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.PatchContext;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.PatchType;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.extension.ExtensibleResource;
@@ -452,13 +453,17 @@ static void toStatusDetails(KubernetesResource obj, List<StatusDetails> details)
   @Override
   public List<StatusDetails> delete() {
     List<StatusDetails> deleted = deleteAll();
-    if (this.context.getTimeout() > 0) {
+    waitForDelete(deleted, this.context, this);
+    return deleted;
+  }
+
+  static void waitForDelete(List<StatusDetails> deleted, OperationContext context,
+      Waitable<?, ? extends HasMetadata> waitable) {
+    if (context.getTimeout() > 0) {
       Set<String> uids = deleted.stream().map(StatusDetails::getUid).collect(Collectors.toSet());
-      CompletableFuture<List<T>> delete = this
-          .informOnCondition(l -> l.stream().map(i -> i.getMetadata().getUid()).noneMatch(uid -> uids.contains(uid)));
-      Utils.waitUntilReadyOrFail(delete, this.context.getTimeout(), this.context.getTimeoutUnit());
+      waitable.waitUntilCondition(h -> h == null || !uids.contains(h.getMetadata().getUid()), context.getTimeout(),
+          context.getTimeoutUnit());
     }
-    return deleted;
   }
 
   protected List<StatusDetails> deleteAll() {
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/NamespaceVisitFromServerGetWatchDeleteRecreateWaitApplicableListImpl.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/NamespaceVisitFromServerGetWatchDeleteRecreateWaitApplicableListImpl.java
index bb3d2c5c38..b743b34156 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/NamespaceVisitFromServerGetWatchDeleteRecreateWaitApplicableListImpl.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/NamespaceVisitFromServerGetWatchDeleteRecreateWaitApplicableListImpl.java
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ public List<HasMetadata> createOrReplace() {
 
   @Override
   public List<StatusDetails> delete() {
-    return resources().flatMap(r -> r.delete().stream()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    List<StatusDetails> deleted = resources().flatMap(r -> r.delete().stream()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    BaseOperation.waitForDelete(deleted, this.context, this);
+    return deleted;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/OperationContext.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/OperationContext.java
index d1ba99608e..1d76c326c0 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/OperationContext.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/OperationContext.java
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ public <C extends Client> C clientInWriteContext(Class<C> clazz) {
     // operationcontext
     OperationContext newContext = HasMetadataOperationsImpl.defaultContext(client).withDryRun(getDryRun())
         .withGracePeriodSeconds(getGracePeriodSeconds()).withPropagationPolicy(getPropagationPolicy())
-        .withReloadingFromServer(isReloadingFromServer()).withFieldValidation(this.fieldValidation)
-        .withTimeout(this.timeout, this.timeoutUnit);
+        .withReloadingFromServer(isReloadingFromServer()).withFieldValidation(this.fieldValidation);
 
     // check before setting to prevent flipping the default flag
     if (!Objects.equals(getNamespace(), newContext.getNamespace())