diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
index e7c0498bf4..8e797b4171 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller.go
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ import (
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	batchv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -124,14 +122,14 @@ func (jm *CronJobController) syncAll() {
 	klog.V(4).Infof("Found %d groups", len(jobsBySj))
 
 	for _, sj := range sjs {
-		syncOne(&sj, jobsBySj[sj.UID], time.Now(), jm.jobControl, jm.sjControl, jm.podControl, jm.recorder)
-		cleanupFinishedJobs(&sj, jobsBySj[sj.UID], jm.jobControl, jm.sjControl, jm.podControl, jm.recorder)
+		syncOne(&sj, jobsBySj[sj.UID], time.Now(), jm.jobControl, jm.sjControl, jm.recorder)
+		cleanupFinishedJobs(&sj, jobsBySj[sj.UID], jm.jobControl, jm.sjControl, jm.recorder)
 	}
 }
 
 // cleanupFinishedJobs cleanups finished jobs created by a CronJob
 func cleanupFinishedJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobControlInterface,
-	sjc sjControlInterface, pc podControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
+	sjc sjControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
 	// If neither limits are active, there is no need to do anything.
 	if sj.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit == nil && sj.Spec.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit == nil {
 		return
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ func cleanupFinishedJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobContr
 		removeOldestJobs(sj,
 			succesfulJobs,
 			jc,
-			pc,
 			*sj.Spec.SuccessfulJobsHistoryLimit,
 			recorder)
 	}
@@ -162,7 +159,6 @@ func cleanupFinishedJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobContr
 		removeOldestJobs(sj,
 			failedJobs,
 			jc,
-			pc,
 			*sj.Spec.FailedJobsHistoryLimit,
 			recorder)
 	}
@@ -175,8 +171,7 @@ func cleanupFinishedJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobContr
 }
 
 // removeOldestJobs removes the oldest jobs from a list of jobs
-func removeOldestJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobControlInterface,
-	pc podControlInterface, maxJobs int32, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
+func removeOldestJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobControlInterface, maxJobs int32, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
 	numToDelete := len(js) - int(maxJobs)
 	if numToDelete <= 0 {
 		return
@@ -188,7 +183,7 @@ func removeOldestJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobControlI
 	sort.Sort(byJobStartTime(js))
 	for i := 0; i < numToDelete; i++ {
 		klog.V(4).Infof("Removing job %s from %s", js[i].Name, nameForLog)
-		deleteJob(sj, &js[i], jc, pc, recorder, "history limit reached")
+		deleteJob(sj, &js[i], jc, recorder)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +191,7 @@ func removeOldestJobs(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, jc jobControlI
 // All known jobs created by "sj" should be included in "js".
 // The current time is passed in to facilitate testing.
 // It has no receiver, to facilitate testing.
-func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobControlInterface, sjc sjControlInterface, pc podControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
+func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobControlInterface, sjc sjControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder) {
 	nameForLog := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sj.Namespace, sj.Name)
 
 	childrenJobs := make(map[types.UID]bool)
@@ -297,8 +292,6 @@ func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobCo
 	}
 	if sj.Spec.ConcurrencyPolicy == batchv1beta1.ReplaceConcurrent {
 		for _, j := range sj.Status.Active {
-			// TODO: this should be replaced with server side job deletion
-			// currently this mimics JobReaper from pkg/kubectl/stop.go
 			klog.V(4).Infof("Deleting job %s of %s that was still running at next scheduled start time", j.Name, nameForLog)
 
 			job, err := jc.GetJob(j.Namespace, j.Name)
@@ -306,7 +299,7 @@ func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobCo
 				recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedGet", "Get job: %v", err)
 				return
 			}
-			if !deleteJob(sj, job, jc, pc, recorder, "") {
+			if !deleteJob(sj, job, jc, recorder) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -351,46 +344,10 @@ func syncOne(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, js []batchv1.Job, now time.Time, jc jobCo
 }
 
 // deleteJob reaps a job, deleting the job, the pods and the reference in the active list
-func deleteJob(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, job *batchv1.Job, jc jobControlInterface,
-	pc podControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder, reason string) bool {
-	// TODO: this should be replaced with server side job deletion
-	// currently this mimics JobReaper from pkg/kubectl/stop.go
+func deleteJob(sj *batchv1beta1.CronJob, job *batchv1.Job, jc jobControlInterface, recorder record.EventRecorder) bool {
 	nameForLog := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sj.Namespace, sj.Name)
 
-	// scale job down to 0
-	if *job.Spec.Parallelism != 0 {
-		zero := int32(0)
-		var err error
-		job.Spec.Parallelism = &zero
-		job, err = jc.UpdateJob(job.Namespace, job)
-		if err != nil {
-			recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedUpdate", "Update job: %v", err)
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	// remove all pods...
-	selector, _ := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(job.Spec.Selector)
-	options := metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: selector.String()}
-	podList, err := pc.ListPods(job.Namespace, options)
-	if err != nil {
-		recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedList", "List job-pods: %v", err)
-		return false
-	}
-	errList := []error{}
-	for _, pod := range podList.Items {
-		klog.V(2).Infof("CronJob controller is deleting Pod %v/%v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
-		if err := pc.DeletePod(pod.Namespace, pod.Name); err != nil {
-			// ignores the error when the pod isn't found
-			if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-				errList = append(errList, err)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if len(errList) != 0 {
-		recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedDelete", "Deleted job-pods: %v", utilerrors.NewAggregate(errList))
-		return false
-	}
-	// ... the job itself...
+	// delete the job itself...
 	if err := jc.DeleteJob(job.Namespace, job.Name); err != nil {
 		recorder.Eventf(sj, v1.EventTypeWarning, "FailedDelete", "Deleted job: %v", err)
 		klog.Errorf("Error deleting job %s from %s: %v", job.Name, nameForLog, err)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller_test.go
index 63cff8ef04..1ca289d441 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controller_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cronjob
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -286,10 +285,9 @@ func TestSyncOne_RunOrNot(t *testing.T) {
 
 		jc := &fakeJobControl{Job: job}
 		sjc := &fakeSJControl{}
-		pc := &fakePodControl{}
 		recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(10)
 
-		syncOne(&sj, js, tc.now, jc, sjc, pc, recorder)
+		syncOne(&sj, js, tc.now, jc, sjc, recorder)
 		expectedCreates := 0
 		if tc.expectCreate {
 			expectedCreates = 1
@@ -485,16 +483,6 @@ func TestCleanupFinishedJobs_DeleteOrNot(t *testing.T) {
 				{"2016-05-19T08:00:00Z", F, F, F, F},
 				{"2016-05-19T09:00:00Z", F, F, F, F},
 			}, justBeforeTheHour(), &limitZero, &limitZero, 6},
-
-		"failed list pod err": {
-			[]CleanupJobSpec{
-				{"2016-05-19T04:00:00Z", T, F, F, F},
-				{"2016-05-19T05:00:00Z", T, F, F, F},
-				{"2016-05-19T06:00:00Z", T, T, F, F},
-				{"2016-05-19T07:00:00Z", T, T, F, F},
-				{"2016-05-19T08:00:00Z", T, F, F, F},
-				{"2016-05-19T09:00:00Z", T, F, F, F},
-			}, justBeforeTheHour(), &limitZero, &limitZero, 0},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
@@ -563,14 +551,10 @@ func TestCleanupFinishedJobs_DeleteOrNot(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		jc := &fakeJobControl{Job: job}
-		pc := &fakePodControl{}
 		sjc := &fakeSJControl{}
 		recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(10)
-		if name == "failed list pod err" {
-			pc.Err = errors.New("fakePodControl err")
-		}
 
-		cleanupFinishedJobs(&sj, js, jc, sjc, pc, recorder)
+		cleanupFinishedJobs(&sj, js, jc, sjc, recorder)
 
 		// Check we have actually deleted the correct jobs
 		if len(jc.DeleteJobName) != len(jobsToDelete) {
@@ -728,11 +712,10 @@ func TestSyncOne_Status(t *testing.T) {
 
 		jc := &fakeJobControl{}
 		sjc := &fakeSJControl{}
-		pc := &fakePodControl{}
 		recorder := record.NewFakeRecorder(10)
 
 		// Run the code
-		syncOne(&sj, jobs, tc.now, jc, sjc, pc, recorder)
+		syncOne(&sj, jobs, tc.now, jc, sjc, recorder)
 
 		// Status update happens once when ranging through job list, and another one if create jobs.
 		expectUpdates := 1