diff --git a/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler.go b/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler.go
index 75d8d00ba1..5859e54b21 100644
--- a/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler.go
+++ b/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler.go
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileService(id string) error {
 
 		// if a node is invalid, we should remove any tasks that might be on it
 		if orchestrator.InvalidNode(node) {
-			fmt.Printf("node %v is invalid (availability: %v)\n", node.ID, node.Spec.Availability)
 			invalidNodes = append(invalidNodes, node.ID)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -185,6 +184,21 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileService(id string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// finally, we should identify any tasks belonging to the old iteration of
+	// the service and move those to desired state "shutdown"
+	shutdownTasks := []*api.Task{}
+	for _, task := range tasks {
+		// this is any task not belonging to this iteration and not already
+		// desired to shutdown. this also includes any successfully completed
+		// tasks, but to ensure maximum compatibility with the other
+		// orchestration components, we will still set the desired state of
+		// those to Shutdown.
+		if task.JobIteration.Index < service.JobStatus.JobIteration.Index &&
+			task.DesiredState != api.TaskStateShutdown {
+			shutdownTasks = append(shutdownTasks, task)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return r.store.Batch(func(batch *store.Batch) error {
 		// first, create any new tasks required.
 		for _, node := range candidateNodes {
@@ -233,9 +247,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileService(id string) error {
 
 		// finally, shut down any tasks on invalid nodes
 		for _, nodeID := range invalidNodes {
-			fmt.Printf("checking node %v for tasks", nodeID)
 			if taskID, ok := nodeToTask[nodeID]; ok {
-				fmt.Printf("node %v has task %v", nodeID, taskID)
 				if err := batch.Update(func(tx store.Tx) error {
 					t := store.GetTask(tx, taskID)
 					if t == nil {
@@ -253,6 +265,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) ReconcileService(id string) error {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 		return nil
 	})
 }
diff --git a/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler_test.go b/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler_test.go
index c54798c123..3e5429c63e 100644
--- a/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler_test.go
+++ b/manager/orchestrator/jobs/global/reconciler_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Global Job Reconciler", func() {
 			service = &api.Service{
 				ID: serviceID,
 				Spec: api.ServiceSpec{
+					Annotations: api.Annotations{
+						Name: "someService",
+					},
 					Mode: &api.ServiceSpec_GlobalJob{
 						// GlobalJob has no parameters
 						GlobalJob: &api.GlobalJob{},
@@ -425,7 +428,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Global Job Reconciler", func() {
 				})
 			})
 		})
-
 	})
 
 	Describe("FixTask", func() {