diff --git a/k8s/automated-nfs-backup.sh b/k8s/automated-nfs-backup.sh
index 4ddd6d0..e206ac1 100644
--- a/k8s/automated-nfs-backup.sh
+++ b/k8s/automated-nfs-backup.sh
@@ -237,79 +237,6 @@ restore_all_remaining() {
     fi
 }
 
-resource_replicas() {
-    local namespace="${1:?namespace required}"
-    local kind="${2:?kind required}"
-    local name="${3:?name required}"
-    local json_path="${4:?jsonpath required}"
-    _kubectl -n "$namespace" get "${kind}/${name}" -o "jsonpath=${json_path}" 2>/dev/null || true
-}
-
-wait_for_scale_state() {
-    local namespace="${1:?namespace is required}"
-    local state_file="${2:?state file is required}"
-    local direction="${3:?direction is required}" # down|up
-    local start_ts
-    local now_ts
-    local elapsed
-    local unresolved
-    local kind
-    local name
-    local target
-    local spec
-    local status
-    local ready
-
-    start_ts="$(date +%s)"
-    while true; do
-        unresolved=0
-        while IFS=$'\t' read -r kind name target; do
-            [[ -z "$kind" || -z "$name" ]] && continue
-
-            spec="$(resource_replicas "$namespace" "$kind" "$name" '{.spec.replicas}')"
-            status="$(resource_replicas "$namespace" "$kind" "$name" '{.status.replicas}')"
-            ready="$(resource_replicas "$namespace" "$kind" "$name" '{.status.readyReplicas}')"
-
-            # If all three values are empty the resource was likely deleted
-            # between capture and now — nothing to wait for.
-            if [[ -z "$spec" && -z "$status" && -z "$ready" ]]; then
-                continue
-            fi
-
-            [[ -z "$spec" ]] && spec="1"
-            [[ -z "$status" ]] && status="0"
-            [[ -z "$ready" ]] && ready="0"
-
-            if [[ "$direction" == "down" ]]; then
-                if [[ "$spec" != "0" || "$status" != "0" ]]; then
-                    unresolved=$((unresolved + 1))
-                fi
-            else
-                if [[ "$target" == "0" ]]; then
-                    if [[ "$spec" != "0" || "$status" != "0" ]]; then
-                        unresolved=$((unresolved + 1))
-                    fi
-                else
-                    if [[ "$spec" != "$target" || "$ready" != "$target" ]]; then
-                        unresolved=$((unresolved + 1))
-                    fi
-                fi
-            fi
-        done < "$state_file"
-
-        if [[ "$unresolved" -eq 0 ]]; then
-            return 0
-        fi
-
-        now_ts="$(date +%s)"
-        elapsed=$((now_ts - start_ts))
-        if (( elapsed >= SCALE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS )); then
-            return 1
-        fi
-        sleep 3
-    done
-}
-
 archive_path_for_run() {
     local ts
     ts="$(date +"$ARCHIVE_TS_FORMAT")"
@@ -476,12 +403,8 @@ process_folder() {
         capture_replicas_state "$namespace" "$state_file"
         scale_namespace_to_zero "$namespace" "$state_file"
 
-        if wait_for_scale_state "$namespace" "$state_file" "down"; then
-            log_info "Namespace '${namespace}' reached scale-down target"
-        else
-            log_warn "Timeout waiting for namespace '${namespace}' to fully scale down; continuing by policy"
-            scale_warnings=$((scale_warnings + 1))
-        fi
+        log_info "Waiting 30 seconds for namespace '${namespace}' to scale down..."
+        sleep 30
     else
         unmapped_folders=$((unmapped_folders + 1))
         log_warn "No namespace matched folder '${folder_name}'. Running backup only."
@@ -497,12 +420,8 @@ process_folder() {
 
     if [[ "$has_mapping" -eq 1 ]]; then
         restore_namespace_replicas "$namespace" "$state_file"
-        if wait_for_scale_state "$namespace" "$state_file" "up"; then
-            log_info "Namespace '${namespace}' reached restore target"
-        else
-            log_warn "Timeout waiting for namespace '${namespace}' to fully restore replicas"
-            restore_warnings=$((restore_warnings + 1))
-        fi
+        log_info "Waiting 30 seconds for namespace '${namespace}' to restore replicas..."
+        sleep 30
         rm -f "$state_file"
     fi
 }