diff --git a/.changelog/4541.txt b/.changelog/4541.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf479f4ade0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4541.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+container: Fixed failure in deleting `maintenance_exclusion` for `google_container_cluster`
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_container_cluster.go b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
index ed7ebbcc676..b007dec492d 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_cluster.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_cluster.go
@@ -2523,6 +2523,9 @@ func expandMaintenancePolicy(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) *containe
 	maintenancePolicy := l[0].(map[string]interface{})
 
 	if maintenanceExclusions, ok := maintenancePolicy["maintenance_exclusion"]; ok && len(maintenanceExclusions.(*schema.Set).List()) > 0 {
+		for k := range exclusions {
+			delete(exclusions, k)
+		}
 		for _, me := range maintenanceExclusions.(*schema.Set).List() {
 			exclusion := me.(map[string]interface{})
 			exclusions[exclusion["exclusion_name"].(string)] = containerBeta.TimeWindow{
diff --git a/google/resource_container_cluster_test.go b/google/resource_container_cluster_test.go
index 5a54ac9c4ca..a9ced5ebae4 100644
--- a/google/resource_container_cluster_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_container_cluster_test.go
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ func TestAccContainerCluster_withMaintenanceExclusionWindow(t *testing.T) {
 				ImportStateVerify:   true,
 			},
 			{
-				Config: testAccContainerCluster_withExclusion_DailyMaintenanceWindow(cluster, "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2020-01-02T00:00:00Z", "2020-05-01T00:00:00Z", "2020-05-02T00:00:00Z"),
+				Config: testAccContainerCluster_withExclusion_DailyMaintenanceWindow(cluster, "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2020-01-02T00:00:00Z"),
 			},
 			{
 				ResourceName:        resourceName,
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "with_maintenance_exclusion_window" {
 `, clusterName, w1startTime, w1endTime, w1startTime, w1endTime, w2startTime, w2endTime)
 }
 
-func testAccContainerCluster_withExclusion_DailyMaintenanceWindow(clusterName string, w1startTime, w1endTime, w2startTime, w2endTime string) string {
+func testAccContainerCluster_withExclusion_DailyMaintenanceWindow(clusterName string, w1startTime, w1endTime string) string {
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_container_cluster" "with_maintenance_exclusion_window" {
@@ -2967,14 +2967,9 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "with_maintenance_exclusion_window" {
 		start_time = "%s"
 		end_time = "%s"
 	}
-	maintenance_exclusion {
-		exclusion_name = "holiday data load"
-		start_time = "%s"
-		end_time = "%s"
-	}
  }
 }
-`, clusterName, w1startTime, w1endTime, w2startTime, w2endTime)
+`, clusterName, w1startTime, w1endTime)
 }
 
 func testAccContainerCluster_withIPAllocationPolicy_existingSecondaryRanges(containerNetName string, clusterName string) string {