diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/nodes.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/nodes.py
index 4da60d36a1..a4a6ae1373 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/nodes.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/nodes.py
@@ -456,12 +456,9 @@ def reimage_long_lived_nodes(cls, scaleset_id: UUID) -> None:
         time_filter = "Timestamp lt datetime'%s'" % (
             (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - NODE_REIMAGE_TIME).isoformat()
         )
-        # skip any nodes already marked for reimage/deletion
         for node in cls.search(
             query={
                 "scaleset_id": [scaleset_id],
-                "reimage_requested": [False],
-                "delete_requested": [False],
             },
             raw_unchecked_filter=time_filter,
         ):
diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/pools.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/pools.py
index 409b9f8331..6d8ba01e59 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/pools.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/workers/pools.py
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ def halt(self) -> None:
             delete_queue(self.get_pool_queue(), StorageType.corpus)
             ShrinkQueue(self.pool_id).delete()
             logging.info("pool stopped, deleting: %s", self.name)
-            self.state = PoolState.halt
             self.delete()
             return