diff --git a/cluster/scripts/node-backup.sh b/cluster/scripts/node-backup.sh
index 4231e1aa6c..647a37c8e3 100755
--- a/cluster/scripts/node-backup.sh
+++ b/cluster/scripts/node-backup.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ source "${TOOLS_LIB}/libcli.source"
 source "${SPLICE_ROOT}/cluster/scripts/utils.source"
 
 RUN_ID=$(date +%s)
-WAIT_FOR_BACKUP_RETRIES=450
 
 ##### PVC Backup & Restore
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ function wait_for_pvc_backup() {
       _info "Backup of $description PVC ready!"
       break
     else
-      (( i++ )) && (( i > WAIT_FOR_BACKUP_RETRIES )) && {
+      (( i++ )) && (( i > 300 )) && {
         # remove the finalizers to allow fully deleting them
         kubectl patch -n "$namespace" volumesnapshot "$pvc_name" -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers": []}}' --type=merge
         kubectl delete volumesnapshot -n "$namespace" "$backupName";
@@ -154,10 +153,7 @@ function wait_for_cloudsql_backup() {
       _info "Backup of $description ready! Backup ID: $id "
       break
     else
-      (( i++ ))&& (( i > WAIT_FOR_BACKUP_RETRIES )) && {
-        # gcloud sql backups delete "$id" --instance "$db_id" --quiet;
-        _error "Timed out waiting for backup of $description db";
-      }
+      (( i++ ))&& (( i > 300 )) &&_error "Timed out waiting for backup of $description db"
       sleep 5
       _info "still waiting..."
     fi