diff --git a/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding.go b/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding.go
index 4775c86089f..fff7acb9c31 100644
--- a/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding.go
+++ b/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
 	k8sconstants "github.com/juju/juju/caas/kubernetes/provider/constants"
+	"github.com/juju/juju/caas/kubernetes/provider/utils"
 	"github.com/juju/juju/core/status"
 )
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func (rb *ClusterRoleBinding) Delete(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Inte
 	err := api.Delete(ctx, rb.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{
 		PropagationPolicy:  k8sconstants.DeletePropagationBackground(),
 		GracePeriodSeconds: pointer.Int64Ptr(0),
-		Preconditions:      &metav1.Preconditions{UID: &rb.UID},
+		Preconditions:      utils.NewUIDPreconditions(rb.UID),
 	})
 	if k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 		return nil
diff --git a/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding_test.go b/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding_test.go
index 5c0149bc4ff..b3ed1d76e86 100644
--- a/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding_test.go
+++ b/caas/kubernetes/provider/resources/clusterrolebinding_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,30 @@ func (s *clusterRoleBindingSuite) TestDelete(c *gc.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, jc.Satisfies, k8serrors.IsNotFound)
 }
 
+func (s *clusterRoleBindingSuite) TestDeleteWithoutPreconditions(c *gc.C) {
+	roleBinding := rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "roleBinding1",
+		},
+	}
+	_, err := s.client.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Create(context.TODO(), &roleBinding, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	c.Assert(err, jc.ErrorIsNil)
+
+	result, err := s.client.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Get(context.TODO(), "roleBinding1", metav1.GetOptions{})
+	c.Assert(err, jc.ErrorIsNil)
+	c.Assert(result.GetName(), gc.Equals, `roleBinding1`)
+
+	rbResource := resources.NewClusterRoleBinding("roleBinding1", nil)
+	err = rbResource.Delete(context.TODO(), s.client)
+	c.Assert(err, jc.ErrorIsNil)
+
+	err = rbResource.Get(context.TODO(), s.client)
+	c.Assert(err, jc.Satisfies, errors.IsNotFound)
+
+	_, err = s.client.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Get(context.TODO(), "roleBinding1", metav1.GetOptions{})
+	c.Assert(err, jc.Satisfies, k8serrors.IsNotFound)
+}
+
 // This test ensures that there has not been a regression with ensure cluster
 // role where it can not update roles that have a labels change.
 // https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/1929909