diff --git a/ci/testnet-manager.sh b/ci/testnet-manager.sh
index 2749e667cb..5c59d79d3b 100755
--- a/ci/testnet-manager.sh
+++ b/ci/testnet-manager.sh
@@ -218,19 +218,18 @@ start() {
       RUST_LOG=solana=info \
         ci/testnet-deploy.sh beta-testnet-solana-com gce us-west1-a \
           -t "$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" -n 65 -c 0 -x -P -D
-
-      if ! $maybeDelete; then
-        NO_VALIDATOR_SANITY=1 \
-        RUST_LOG=solana=info \
-          ci/testnet-deploy.sh beta-testnet-solana-com ec2 us-west-1a \
-            -t "$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" -n 35 -c 0 -s -u -P -a eipalloc-0f286cf8a0771ce35 \
-            ${maybeReuseLedger:+-r}
-        NO_VALIDATOR_SANITY=1 \
-        RUST_LOG=solana=info \
-          ci/testnet-deploy.sh beta-testnet-solana-com gce us-west1-a \
-            -t "$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" -n 65 -c 0 -x -P \
-            ${maybeReuseLedger:+-r}
-      fi
+      NO_VALIDATOR_SANITY=1 \
+      RUST_LOG=solana=info \
+        ci/testnet-deploy.sh beta-testnet-solana-com ec2 us-west-1a \
+          -t "$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" -n 35 -c 0 -s -u -P -a eipalloc-0f286cf8a0771ce35 \
+          ${maybeReuseLedger:+-r} \
+          ${maybeDelete:+-D}
+      NO_VALIDATOR_SANITY=1 \
+      RUST_LOG=solana=info \
+        ci/testnet-deploy.sh beta-testnet-solana-com gce us-west1-a \
+          -t "$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" -n 65 -c 0 -x -P \
+          ${maybeReuseLedger:+-r} \
+          ${maybeDelete:+-D}
     )
     ;;
   testnet-beta-perf)