diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/builder.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/builder.go
index ea3b05d147..52cd10cac4 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/builder.go
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func buildRefreshMonitoredConfigTasks(
 	return tasks
 }
 
-func buildRegenConfigTasks(m *Manager, name string, topo spec.Topology, base *spec.BaseMeta, nodes []string) ([]*task.StepDisplay, bool) {
+func buildRegenConfigTasks(m *Manager, name string, topo spec.Topology, base *spec.BaseMeta, nodes []string, ignoreCheck bool) ([]*task.StepDisplay, bool) {
 	var tasks []*task.StepDisplay
 	hasImported := false
 	deletedNodes := set.NewStringSet(nodes...)
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func buildRegenConfigTasks(m *Manager, name string, topo spec.Topology, base *sp
 				m.specManager,
 				instance,
 				base.User,
-				true, // always ignore config check result in scale in
+				ignoreCheck,
 				meta.DirPaths{
 					Deploy: deployDir,
 					Data:   dataDirs,
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/destroy.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/destroy.go
index d1b648bfe1..d6fe623aac 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/destroy.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/destroy.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (m *Manager) DestroyTombstone(
 		UpdateMeta(name, clusterMeta, nodes).
 		UpdateTopology(name, m.specManager.Path(name), clusterMeta, nodes)
 
-	regenConfigTasks, _ := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nodes)
+	regenConfigTasks, _ := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nodes, true)
 	t := b.
 		ParallelStep("+ Refresh instance configs", true, regenConfigTasks...).
 		Parallel(true, buildReloadPromTasks(metadata.GetTopology())...).
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/reload.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/reload.go
index 22867346bb..ab3291b327 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/reload.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/reload.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Reload(name string, opt operator.Options, skipRestart bool) er
 		}
 	})
 
-	refreshConfigTasks, hasImported := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nil)
+	refreshConfigTasks, hasImported := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nil, false)
 	monitorConfigTasks := buildRefreshMonitoredConfigTasks(
 		m.specManager,
 		name,
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/scale_in.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/scale_in.go
index 972eae07d7..0c66bf36ad 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/scale_in.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/scale_in.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ScaleIn(
 	base := metadata.GetBaseMeta()
 
 	// Regenerate configuration
-	regenConfigTasks, hasImported := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nodes)
+	regenConfigTasks, hasImported := buildRegenConfigTasks(m, name, topo, base, nodes, true)
 
 	// handle dir scheme changes
 	if hasImported {