diff --git a/pkg/migrate/cstor/helper.go b/pkg/migrate/cstor/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c4d8c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/migrate/cstor/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The OpenEBS Authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package migrate
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch"
+)
+
+// GetPatchData returns patch data by
+// marshalling and taking diff of two objects
+func GetPatchData(oldObj, newObj interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	oldData, err := json.Marshal(oldObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal old object failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	newData, err := json.Marshal(newObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mashal new object failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	patchBytes, err := strategicpatch.CreateTwoWayMergePatch(oldData, newData, oldObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("CreateTwoWayMergePatch failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	return patchBytes, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/migrate/cstor/pool.go b/pkg/migrate/cstor/pool.go
index 0d923760..7d657221 100644
--- a/pkg/migrate/cstor/pool.go
+++ b/pkg/migrate/cstor/pool.go
@@ -256,7 +256,25 @@ func (c *CSPCMigrator) csptocspi(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return nil
+	// remove the finalizers from csp object for cleanup
+	// as pool pod is no longer running to remove them.
+	return removeCSPFinalizers(cspObj)
+}
+
+func removeCSPFinalizers(cspObj *apis.CStorPool) error {
+	cspClient := csp.KubeClient()
+	newCSP := cspObj.DeepCopy()
+	newCSP.Finalizers = []string{}
+	patchData, err := GetPatchData(cspObj, newCSP)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = cspClient.Patch(
+		cspObj.Name,
+		k8stypes.MergePatchType,
+		patchData,
+	)
+	return err
 }
 
 // get csp for cspi on the basis of cspLabel, which is the combination of
@@ -304,13 +322,15 @@ func (c *CSPCMigrator) scaleDownDeployment(cspObj *apis.CStorPool, openebsNamesp
 		Times(60).
 		Wait(5 * time.Second).
 		Try(func(attempt uint) error {
-			cspDeploy, err1 := c.KubeClientset.AppsV1().
-				Deployments(openebsNamespace).
-				Get(cspDeployList.Items[0].Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			cspPods, err1 := c.KubeClientset.CoreV1().
+				Pods(openebsNamespace).
+				List(metav1.ListOptions{
+					LabelSelector: "openebs.io/cstor-pool=" + cspObj.Name,
+				})
 			if err1 != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err1, "failed to get csp deploy")
 			}
-			if cspDeploy.Status.ReadyReplicas != 0 {
+			if len(cspPods.Items) != 0 {
 				return errors.Errorf("failed to scale down csp deployment")
 			}
 			return nil