diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_cloud_provider.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_cloud_provider.go
index ad9e35d2e85e..046a8b456e81 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_cloud_provider.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_cloud_provider.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const (
 	providerIDPrefix           = "hcloud://"
 	nodeGroupLabel             = hcloudLabelNamespace + "/node-group"
 	hcloudLabelNamespace       = "hcloud"
-	drainingNodePoolId         = "draining-node-pool"
 	serverCreateTimeoutDefault = 5 * time.Minute
 	serverRegisterTimeout      = 10 * time.Minute
 	defaultPodAmountsLimit     = 110
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_manager.go
index a4071b213792..fd4b4eea1b7d 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_manager.go
@@ -206,16 +206,6 @@ func newManager() (*hetznerManager, error) {
 		cachedServers:    newServersCache(ctx, client),
 	}
 
-	m.nodeGroups[drainingNodePoolId] = &hetznerNodeGroup{
-		manager:      m,
-		instanceType: "cx11",
-		region:       "fsn1",
-		targetSize:   0,
-		maxSize:      0,
-		minSize:      0,
-		id:           drainingNodePoolId,
-	}
-
 	return m, nil
 }
 
@@ -252,11 +242,6 @@ func (m *hetznerManager) deleteServer(server *hcloud.Server) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (m *hetznerManager) addNodeToDrainingPool(node *apiv1.Node) (*hetznerNodeGroup, error) {
-	m.nodeGroups[drainingNodePoolId].targetSize += 1
-	return m.nodeGroups[drainingNodePoolId], nil
-}
-
 func (m *hetznerManager) validProviderID(providerID string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(providerID, providerIDPrefix)
 }
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
index 4fe799dbb196..1740f87de208 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (n *hetznerNodeGroup) TemplateNodeInfo() (*schedulerframework.NodeInfo, err
 	}
 	node.Labels = cloudprovider.JoinStringMaps(node.Labels, nodeGroupLabels)
 
-	if n.manager.clusterConfig.IsUsingNewFormat && n.id != drainingNodePoolId {
+	if n.manager.clusterConfig.IsUsingNewFormat {
 		for _, taint := range n.manager.clusterConfig.NodeConfigs[n.id].Taints {
 			node.Spec.Taints = append(node.Spec.Taints, apiv1.Taint{
 				Key:    taint.Key,
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func buildNodeGroupLabels(n *hetznerNodeGroup) (map[string]string, error) {
 		nodeGroupLabel:               n.id,
 	}
 
-	if n.manager.clusterConfig.IsUsingNewFormat && n.id != drainingNodePoolId {
+	if n.manager.clusterConfig.IsUsingNewFormat {
 		maps.Copy(labels, n.manager.clusterConfig.NodeConfigs[n.id].Labels)
 	}