diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
index 605344cad8806..6f583ca3c63fe 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
@@ -331,17 +331,7 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> None:
             gcp_conn_id=self.gcp_conn_id,
             impersonation_chain=self.impersonation_chain,
         )
-        try:
-            hook.delete_instance(project_id=self.project_id, instance_id=self.instance_id)
-        except google.api_core.exceptions.NotFound:
-            self.log.info(
-                "The instance '%s' does not exist in project '%s'. Consider it as deleted",
-                self.instance_id,
-                self.project_id,
-            )
-        except google.api_core.exceptions.GoogleAPICallError as e:
-            self.log.error("An error occurred. Exiting.")
-            raise e
+        hook.delete_instance(project_id=self.project_id, instance_id=self.instance_id)
 
 
 class BigtableCreateTableOperator(GoogleCloudBaseOperator, BigtableValidationMixin):
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
index 948d37710c6a6..b60e494a55640 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
@@ -584,48 +584,10 @@ def test_empty_attribute(self, mock_hook, missing_attribute, project_id, instanc
         mock_hook.assert_not_called()
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigtable.BigtableHook")
-    def test_deleting_instance_that_doesnt_exists(self, mock_hook):
-        op = BigtableDeleteInstanceOperator(
-            project_id=PROJECT_ID,
-            instance_id=INSTANCE_ID,
-            task_id="id",
-            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
-            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
-        )
-        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.side_effect = mock.Mock(
-            side_effect=google.api_core.exceptions.NotFound("Instance not found.")
-        )
-        op.execute(None)
-        mock_hook.assert_called_once_with(
-            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
-            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
-        )
-        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.assert_called_once_with(
-            project_id=PROJECT_ID, instance_id=INSTANCE_ID
-        )
-
-    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigtable.BigtableHook")
-    def test_deleting_instance_that_doesnt_exists_empty_project_id(self, mock_hook):
-        op = BigtableDeleteInstanceOperator(
-            instance_id=INSTANCE_ID,
-            task_id="id",
-            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
-            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
-        )
-        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.side_effect = mock.Mock(
-            side_effect=google.api_core.exceptions.NotFound("Instance not found.")
-        )
-        op.execute(None)
-        mock_hook.assert_called_once_with(
-            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
-            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
-        )
-        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.assert_called_once_with(
-            project_id=None, instance_id=INSTANCE_ID
-        )
+    def test_delete_instance_when_instance_missing_does_not_fail(self, mock_hook):
+        # Simulate hook handling missing instance gracefully
+        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.return_value = None
 
-    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigtable.BigtableHook")
-    def test_different_error_reraised(self, mock_hook):
         op = BigtableDeleteInstanceOperator(
             project_id=PROJECT_ID,
             instance_id=INSTANCE_ID,
@@ -633,17 +595,9 @@ def test_different_error_reraised(self, mock_hook):
             gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
             impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
         )
-        mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.side_effect = mock.Mock(
-            side_effect=google.api_core.exceptions.GoogleAPICallError("error")
-        )
 
-        with pytest.raises(google.api_core.exceptions.GoogleAPICallError):
-            op.execute(None)
+        op.execute(None)
 
-        mock_hook.assert_called_once_with(
-            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
-            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
-        )
         mock_hook.return_value.delete_instance.assert_called_once_with(
             project_id=PROJECT_ID, instance_id=INSTANCE_ID
         )