diff --git a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_manager.go b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_manager.go
index 4e573e2ebf1..66e2d388037 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_manager.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/redis/mgmt/2018-03-01/redis"
 	azurev1alpha1 "github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/pkg/resourcemanager"
+	"github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest"
 )
 
 // RedisCacheManager for RedisCache
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type RedisCacheManager interface {
 	CreateRedisCache(ctx context.Context, instance azurev1alpha1.RedisCache) (*redis.ResourceType, error)
 
 	// DeleteRedisCache removes the resource group named by env var
-	DeleteRedisCache(ctx context.Context, groupName string, redisCacheName string) (result redis.DeleteFuture, err error)
+	DeleteRedisCache(ctx context.Context, groupName string, redisCacheName string) (result autorest.Response, err error)
 
 	// also embed async client methods
 	resourcemanager.ARMClient
diff --git a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_reconcile.go b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_reconcile.go
index 8b1f72ba7f9..1be87e7d015 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscache_reconcile.go
@@ -146,17 +146,27 @@ func (rc *AzureRedisCacheManager) Delete(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
-	req, err := rc.DeleteRedisCache(ctx, groupName, name)
+	_, err = rc.DeleteRedisCache(ctx, groupName, name)
 	if err != nil {
 		instance.Status.Message = err.Error()
+		azerr := errhelp.NewAzureErrorAzureError(err)
+
+		ignorableErr := []string{
+			errhelp.AsyncOpIncompleteError,
+		}
 
-		if req.Response().StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		finished := []string{
+			errhelp.ResourceNotFound,
+		}
+		if helpers.ContainsString(ignorableErr, azerr.Type) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		if helpers.ContainsString(finished, azerr.Type) {
 			// Best case deletion of secrets
 			rc.SecretClient.Delete(ctx, key)
 			return false, nil
 		}
-
-		return true, fmt.Errorf("AzureRedisCacheManager Delete failed with %s", err)
+		return true, err
 	}
 
 	return true, nil
diff --git a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscaches.go b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscaches.go
index 702eaa52f78..ad9dc1fd080 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscaches.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches/redis/rediscaches.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/pkg/resourcemanager/rediscaches"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/pkg/resourcemanager/vnet"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-service-operator/pkg/secrets"
+	"github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest"
 	"github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
@@ -131,10 +132,16 @@ func (r *AzureRedisCacheManager) GetRedisCache(ctx context.Context, groupName st
 }
 
 // DeleteRedisCache removes the resource group named by env var
-func (r *AzureRedisCacheManager) DeleteRedisCache(ctx context.Context, groupName string, redisCacheName string) (result redis.DeleteFuture, err error) {
+func (r *AzureRedisCacheManager) DeleteRedisCache(ctx context.Context, groupName string, redisCacheName string) (result autorest.Response, err error) {
 	redisClient, err := r.GetRedisCacheClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
-	return redisClient.Delete(ctx, groupName, redisCacheName)
+	future, err := redisClient.Delete(ctx, groupName, redisCacheName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
+	return future.Result(redisClient)
+
 }