diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResource.java
index 5912a0f75c..a86b6ee0e8 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResource.java
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@ public interface BulkDependentResource<R, P extends HasMetadata>
   Map<String, R> getSecondaryResources(P primary, Context<P> context);
 
   /**
-   * Used to delete resource if the desired count is lower than the actual count of a resource.
+   * Deletes the actual resource identified by the specified key if it's not in the set of desired
+   * secondary resources for the specified primary.
    *
-   * @param primary resource
-   * @param resource actual resource from the cache for the index
+   * @param primary the primary resource for which we want to remove now undesired secondary
+   *        resources still present on the cluster
+   * @param resource the actual resource existing on the cluster that needs to be removed
    * @param key key of the resource
    * @param context actual context
    */
-  void deleteBulkResource(P primary, R resource, String key, Context<P> context);
+  void deleteTargetResource(P primary, R resource, String key, Context<P> context);
 
   /**
    * Determines whether the specified secondary resource matches the desired state with target index
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResourceReconciler.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResourceReconciler.java
index d0e3128983..c6633f9db6 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResourceReconciler.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkDependentResourceReconciler.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public ReconcileResult<R> reconcile(P primary, Context<P> context) {
     Map<String, R> actualResources = bulkDependentResource.getSecondaryResources(primary, context);
 
     // remove existing resources that are not needed anymore according to the primary state
-    deleteBulkResourcesIfRequired(desiredResources.keySet(), actualResources, primary, context);
+    deleteExtraResources(desiredResources.keySet(), actualResources, primary, context);
 
     final List<ReconcileResult<R>> results = new ArrayList<>(desiredResources.size());
     final var updatable = bulkDependentResource instanceof Updater;
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ public ReconcileResult<R> reconcile(P primary, Context<P> context) {
   @Override
   public void delete(P primary, Context<P> context) {
     var actualResources = bulkDependentResource.getSecondaryResources(primary, context);
-    deleteBulkResourcesIfRequired(Collections.emptySet(), actualResources, primary, context);
+    deleteExtraResources(Collections.emptySet(), actualResources, primary, context);
   }
 
-  private void deleteBulkResourcesIfRequired(Set<String> expectedKeys,
+  private void deleteExtraResources(Set<String> expectedKeys,
       Map<String, R> actualResources, P primary, Context<P> context) {
     actualResources.forEach((key, value) -> {
       if (!expectedKeys.contains(key)) {
-        bulkDependentResource.deleteBulkResource(primary, value, key, context);
+        bulkDependentResource.deleteTargetResource(primary, value, key, context);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkResourceDiscriminatorFactory.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkResourceDiscriminatorFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b9b6e968d..0000000000
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkResourceDiscriminatorFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent;
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ResourceDiscriminator;
-
-public interface BulkResourceDiscriminatorFactory<R, P extends HasMetadata> {
-
-  ResourceDiscriminator<R, P> createResourceDiscriminator(int index);
-
-}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkUpdater.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkUpdater.java
index ee8f08a68d..26e8a158a4 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkUpdater.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/BulkUpdater.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Context;
 
 /**
- * Helper for the Bulk Dependent Resources to make it more explicit that bulk needs to only
- * implement the index aware match method.
+ * Helper for the buld Dependent Resources to make it more explicit that such dependents only to
+ * implement {@link BulkDependentResource#match(Object,Object,HasMetadata,Context)}
  *
  * @param <R> secondary resource type
  * @param <P> primary resource type
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
index 8674da97d2..070c8f8ffe 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/KubernetesDependentResource.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ protected void handleDelete(P primary, Context<P> context) {
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-  public void deleteBulkResource(P primary, R resource, String key, Context<P> context) {
+  public void deleteTargetResource(P primary, R resource, String key, Context<P> context) {
     client.resource(resource).delete();
   }
 
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/bulkdependent/external/ExternalBulkDependentResource.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/bulkdependent/external/ExternalBulkDependentResource.java
index ec8161bae8..afad17b1d9 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/bulkdependent/external/ExternalBulkDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/bulkdependent/external/ExternalBulkDependentResource.java
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public Map<String, ExternalResource> getSecondaryResources(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void deleteBulkResource(BulkDependentTestCustomResource primary, ExternalResource resource,
+  public void deleteTargetResource(BulkDependentTestCustomResource primary,
+      ExternalResource resource,
       String key,
       Context<BulkDependentTestCustomResource> context) {
     externalServiceMock.delete(resource.getId());