diff --git a/tpu/queuedResource/createQueuedResource.js b/tpu/queuedResource/createQueuedResource.js
index b2d3bc99803..05059da209c 100644
--- a/tpu/queuedResource/createQueuedResource.js
+++ b/tpu/queuedResource/createQueuedResource.js
@@ -111,24 +111,6 @@ async function main(
     await operation.promise();
 
     console.log(`Queued resource ${queuedResourceName} created.`);
-
-    const getNodeRequest = {
-      name: `projects/${projectId}/locations/${zone}/nodes/${nodeName}`,
-    };
-
-    console.log(`Waiting for TPU node ${nodeName} to become ready...`);
-
-    // Poll for TPU node state every 30 seconds
-    const intervalId = setInterval(async () => {
-      const [node] = await tpuClient.getNode(getNodeRequest);
-
-      if (node.state === 'READY') {
-        clearInterval(intervalId);
-        console.log(`TPU node ${nodeName} is ready.`);
-      } else {
-        console.log(`TPU node ${nodeName} is in state: ${node.state}`);
-      }
-    }, 30000);
   }
   await callCreateQueuedResource();
   // [END tpu_queued_resources_create]
diff --git a/tpu/queuedResource/deleteQueuedResource.js b/tpu/queuedResource/deleteQueuedResource.js
index a3e03cc8215..33809c46574 100644
--- a/tpu/queuedResource/deleteQueuedResource.js
+++ b/tpu/queuedResource/deleteQueuedResource.js
@@ -36,31 +36,11 @@ async function main(queuedResourceName, zone) {
   // The zone of your queued resource.
   // zone = 'europe-west4-a';
 
-  async function callDeleteTpuVM(nodeName) {
-    const request = {
-      name: `projects/${projectId}/locations/${zone}/nodes/${nodeName}`,
-    };
-
-    const [operation] = await tpuClient.deleteNode(request);
-
-    // Wait for the delete operation to complete.
-    await operation.promise();
-
-    console.log(`Node: ${nodeName} deleted.`);
-  }
-
   async function callDeleteQueuedResource() {
     const request = {
       name: `projects/${projectId}/locations/${zone}/queuedResources/${queuedResourceName}`,
     };
 
-    // Retrive node name
-    const [response] = await tpuClient.getQueuedResource(request);
-    const nodeName = response.tpu.nodeSpec[0].nodeId;
-
-    // Before deleting the queued resource it is required to delete the TPU VM.
-    await callDeleteTpuVM(nodeName);
-
     const [operation] = await tpuClient.deleteQueuedResource(request);
 
     // Wait for the delete operation to complete.
diff --git a/tpu/test/queuedResource.test.js b/tpu/test/queuedResource.test.js
index 1e242344227..2066e6c6b3d 100644
--- a/tpu/test/queuedResource.test.js
+++ b/tpu/test/queuedResource.test.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const cp = require('child_process');
 const execSync = cmd => cp.execSync(cmd, {encoding: 'utf-8'});
 const cwd = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 
-describe('TPU queued resource', async () => {
+describe('TPU queued resource', () => {
   const queuedResourceName = `queued-resource-name-1a2sdf${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000 + 1)}`;
   const nodePrefix = 'node-name-2a2b3c';
   const nodeName = `${nodePrefix}${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000 + 1)}`;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('TPU queued resource', async () => {
   const tpuType = 'v2-8';
   const tpuSoftwareVersion = 'tpu-vm-tf-2.14.1';
 
-  it('should create a new queued resource', () => {
+  it('should create a new queued resource', async () => {
     const response = execSync(
       `node ./queuedResource/createQueuedResource.js ${nodeName} ${queuedResourceName} ${zone} ${tpuType} ${tpuSoftwareVersion}`,
       {