diff --git a/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.gql b/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.gql
index 768af7ae5e..ace9ae6486 100644
--- a/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.gql
+++ b/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.gql
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ query TerraformResourcesNamespaces {
                     loss_impact
                 }
                 managed_by_erv2
+                delete
             }
             ... on NamespaceTerraformResourceS3_v1 {
                 region
diff --git a/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.py b/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.py
index ba828a5fde..592b6930f6 100644
--- a/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.py
+++ b/reconcile/gql_definitions/terraform_resources/terraform_resources_namespaces.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
                     loss_impact
                 }
                 managed_by_erv2
+                delete
             }
             ... on NamespaceTerraformResourceS3_v1 {
                 region
@@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ class NamespaceTerraformResourceRDSV1(NamespaceTerraformResourceAWSV1):
     event_notifications: Optional[list[AWSRDSEventNotificationV1]] = Field(..., alias="event_notifications")
     data_classification: Optional[AWSRDSDataClassificationV1] = Field(..., alias="data_classification")
     managed_by_erv2: Optional[bool] = Field(..., alias="managed_by_erv2")
+    delete: Optional[bool] = Field(..., alias="delete")
 
 
 class AWSS3EventNotificationV1(ConfiguredBaseModel):
diff --git a/reconcile/utils/external_resource_spec.py b/reconcile/utils/external_resource_spec.py
index 3c3fb2d373..b3f4e9623f 100644
--- a/reconcile/utils/external_resource_spec.py
+++ b/reconcile/utils/external_resource_spec.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ExternalResourceSpec:
     resource: MutableMapping[str, Any]
     namespace: Mapping[str, Any]
     secret: Mapping[str, str] = field(init=False, default_factory=lambda: {})
-    # Metadata is used for processing data that shuold not be included in the secret data
+    # Metadata is used for processing data that should not be included in the secret data
     # e.g: ERV2 adds a updated_at attribute that acts as optimistic lock.
     metadata: MutableMapping[str, Any] = field(
         init=False, compare=False, repr=False, hash=False, default_factory=lambda: {}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ExternalResourceSpec:
 
     @property
     def marked_to_delete(self) -> bool:
-        return self.metadata.get("delete") or False
+        return self.metadata.get("delete") or self.resource.get("delete") or False
 
     @property
     def provider(self) -> str:
diff --git a/reconcile/utils/terrascript_aws_client.py b/reconcile/utils/terrascript_aws_client.py
index 048782c674..a3f777878a 100644
--- a/reconcile/utils/terrascript_aws_client.py
+++ b/reconcile/utils/terrascript_aws_client.py
@@ -1630,6 +1630,8 @@ def populate_tf_resources(self, spec, ocm_map=None):
             raise UnknownProviderError(provider)
 
     def populate_tf_resource_rds(self, spec):
+        if spec.marked_to_delete:
+            return
         account = spec.provisioner_name
         identifier = spec.identifier
         values = self.init_values(spec)