diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/collector_delete_manager/eraser_test.go b/test/e2e/tests/collector_delete_manager/eraser_test.go
index fe09b53d89..0e3214fd81 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/collector_delete_manager/eraser_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/collector_delete_manager/eraser_test.go
@@ -13,57 +13,64 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/klient/wait"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/klient/wait/conditions"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/pkg/envconf"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/pkg/features"
 )
 
 func TestDeleteManager(t *testing.T) {
-	deleteManagerFeat := features.New("Deleting manager pod while current ImageJob is running should delete ImageJob").
+	deleteManagerFeat := features.New("Deleting manager pod while current ImageJob is running should delete ImageJob and restart").
 		Assess("Delete controller-manager pod", func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *envconf.Config) context.Context {
 			c, err := cfg.NewClient()
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("Failed to create new client", err)
 			}
 
-			var ls corev1.PodList
-			err = c.Resources().List(ctx, &ls, func(o *metav1.ListOptions) {
+			// get manager pod
+			var podList corev1.PodList
+			err = c.Resources().List(ctx, &podList, func(o *metav1.ListOptions) {
 				o.LabelSelector = labels.SelectorFromSet(map[string]string{util.ManagerLabelKey: util.ManagerLabelValue}).String()
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("could not list manager pods: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if len(ls.Items) != 1 {
-				t.Error("incorrect number of manager pods: ", len(ls.Items))
+			if len(podList.Items) != 1 {
+				t.Error("incorrect number of manager pods: ", len(podList.Items))
 			}
 
-			if err := util.KubectlDelete(cfg.KubeconfigFile(), util.TestNamespace, []string{"pod", ls.Items[0].Name}); err != nil {
-				t.Error("unable to delete eraser-controller-manager pod")
+			// get current ImageJob
+			var jobList eraserv1alpha1.ImageJobList
+			err = c.Resources().List(ctx, &jobList)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("could not list ImageJob: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			return ctx
-		}).
-		Assess("Check ImageJob is deleted", func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *envconf.Config) context.Context {
-			c, err := cfg.NewClient()
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal("Failed to create new client", err)
+			if len(jobList.Items) != 1 {
+				t.Error("incorrect number of ImageJobs: ", len(jobList.Items))
+			}
+
+			// save name vars
+			imagejobName := jobList.Items[0].Name
+			managerPodName := podList.Items[0].Name
+
+			// delete manager pod
+			if err := util.KubectlDelete(cfg.KubeconfigFile(), util.TestNamespace, []string{"pod", managerPodName}); err != nil {
+				t.Error("unable to delete eraser-controller-manager pod")
 			}
 
-			var ls eraserv1alpha1.ImageJobList
-			err = c.Resources().List(ctx, &ls)
+			// get new ImageJob
+			var jobList2 eraserv1alpha1.ImageJobList
+			err = c.Resources().List(ctx, &jobList2)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("could not list ImageJob: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if len(ls.Items) != 1 {
-				t.Error("incorrect number of ImageJobs: ", len(ls.Items))
+			if len(jobList2.Items) != 1 {
+				t.Error("incorrect number of ImageJobs: ", len(jobList2.Items))
 			}
 
-			err = wait.For(conditions.New(c.Resources()).ResourcesDeleted(&ls), wait.WithTimeout(util.Timeout))
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("error waiting for pods to be deleted: %v", err)
+			if jobList2.Items[0].Name == imagejobName {
+				t.Error("new image job was not scheduled")
 			}
 
 			return ctx