diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain.go
index 2c84566a7e12..c89ad46017f2 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain.go
@@ -85,14 +85,11 @@ func (e Evictor) DrainNode(ctx *acontext.AutoscalingContext, nodeInfo *framework
 	return e.drainNodeWithPodsBasedOnPodPriority(ctx, node, pods, dsPods)
 }
 
-// EvictDaemonSetPods groups  daemonSet pods in the node in to priority groups and, evicts daemonSet pods in the ascending order of priorities.
-// If priority evictor is not enable, eviction of daemonSet pods is the best effort.
+// EvictDaemonSetPods creates eviction objects for all DaemonSet pods on the node.
+// Eviction of DaemonSet pods are best effort. Does not wait for evictions to finish.
 func (e Evictor) EvictDaemonSetPods(ctx *acontext.AutoscalingContext, nodeInfo *framework.NodeInfo) (map[string]status.PodEvictionResult, error) {
 	node := nodeInfo.Node()
 	dsPods, _ := podsToEvict(nodeInfo, ctx.DaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes)
-	if e.fullDsEviction {
-		return e.drainNodeWithPodsBasedOnPodPriority(ctx, node, dsPods, nil)
-	}
 	return e.drainNodeWithPodsBasedOnPodPriority(ctx, node, nil, dsPods)
 }
 
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain_test.go
index 3baf252d1dd3..82a4613866a7 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/actuation/drain_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	. "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/utils/test"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	kubelet_config "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ func TestDaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 		evictByDefault        bool
 		extraAnnotationValue  map[string]string
 		expectNotEvicted      map[string]struct{}
-		fullDsEviction        bool
 		podPriorities         []int32
 	}{
 		{
@@ -84,57 +82,6 @@ func TestDaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			extraAnnotationValue: map[string]string{"d1": "false"},
 			expectNotEvicted:     map[string]struct{}{"d1": {}},
 		},
-		{
-			name:              "Failed to create DaemonSet eviction",
-			dsPods:            []string{"d1", "d2"},
-			dsEvictionTimeout: 5000 * time.Millisecond,
-			evictionSuccess:   false,
-			err:               fmt.Errorf("Failed to drain node /n1, due to following errors"),
-			evictByDefault:    true,
-			fullDsEviction:    true,
-			podPriorities:     []int32{0, 1000},
-		},
-		{
-			name:                  "Eviction timeout exceed",
-			dsPods:                []string{"d1", "d2", "d3"},
-			evictionTimeoutExceed: true,
-			dsEvictionTimeout:     100 * time.Millisecond,
-			evictionSuccess:       false,
-			err:                   fmt.Errorf("Failed to drain node /n1, due to following errors"),
-			evictByDefault:        true,
-			fullDsEviction:        true,
-			podPriorities:         []int32{0, 1000, 2000},
-		},
-		{
-			name:              "Successful attempt to evict DaemonSet pods",
-			dsPods:            []string{"d1", "d2"},
-			dsEvictionTimeout: 5000 * time.Millisecond,
-			evictionSuccess:   true,
-			evictByDefault:    true,
-			fullDsEviction:    true,
-			podPriorities:     []int32{0, 1000},
-		},
-		{
-			name:                 "Evict single pod due to annotation",
-			dsPods:               []string{"d1", "d2"},
-			dsEvictionTimeout:    5000 * time.Millisecond,
-			evictionSuccess:      true,
-			extraAnnotationValue: map[string]string{"d1": "true"},
-			expectNotEvicted:     map[string]struct{}{"d2": {}},
-			fullDsEviction:       true,
-			podPriorities:        []int32{0, 1000},
-		},
-		{
-			name:                 "Don't evict single pod due to annotation",
-			dsPods:               []string{"d1", "d2"},
-			dsEvictionTimeout:    5000 * time.Millisecond,
-			evictionSuccess:      true,
-			evictByDefault:       true,
-			extraAnnotationValue: map[string]string{"d1": "false"},
-			expectNotEvicted:     map[string]struct{}{"d1": {}},
-			fullDsEviction:       true,
-			podPriorities:        []int32{0, 1000},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, scenario := range testScenarios {
@@ -160,9 +107,6 @@ func TestDaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			for i, dsName := range scenario.dsPods {
 				ds := BuildTestPod(dsName, 100, 0, WithDSController())
 				ds.Spec.NodeName = "n1"
-				if scenario.fullDsEviction {
-					ds.Spec.Priority = &scenario.podPriorities[i]
-				}
 				if v, ok := scenario.extraAnnotationValue[dsName]; ok {
 					ds.Annotations[daemonset.EnableDsEvictionKey] = v
 				}
@@ -198,19 +142,9 @@ func TestDaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			clustersnapshot.InitializeClusterSnapshotOrDie(t, context.ClusterSnapshot, []*apiv1.Node{n1}, dsPods)
 
 			drainConfig := SingleRuleDrainConfig(context.MaxGracefulTerminationSec)
-			if scenario.fullDsEviction {
-				drainConfig = []kubelet_config.ShutdownGracePeriodByPodPriority{}
-				for _, priority := range scenario.podPriorities {
-					drainConfig = append(drainConfig, kubelet_config.ShutdownGracePeriodByPodPriority{
-						Priority:                   priority,
-						ShutdownGracePeriodSeconds: int64(context.MaxGracefulTerminationSec),
-					})
-				}
-			}
 			evictor := Evictor{
 				EvictionRetryTime:                waitBetweenRetries,
 				shutdownGracePeriodByPodPriority: drainConfig,
-				fullDsEviction:                   scenario.fullDsEviction,
 			}
 			nodeInfo, err := context.ClusterSnapshot.NodeInfos().Get(n1.Name)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -232,11 +166,7 @@ func TestDaemonSetEvictionForEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			for i := 0; i < len(expectEvicted); i++ {
 				deleted[i] = utils.GetStringFromChan(deletedPods)
 			}
-			if scenario.fullDsEviction {
-				assert.Equal(t, expectEvicted, deleted)
-			} else {
-				assert.ElementsMatch(t, deleted, expectEvicted)
-			}
+			assert.ElementsMatch(t, deleted, expectEvicted)
 		})
 	}
 }