diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go b/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
index 832b45631..d93ee7054 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func terminateOrphanedSecureInstances(a *awscloud.AWS, dryRun bool) error {
 	log.Printf("Cleaning up executor instances: %v", instanceIDs)
 	if !dryRun {
 		if len(instanceIDs) > 0 {
-			err = a.TerminateInstances(instanceIDs)
+			_, err = a.TerminateInstancesEC2(instanceIDs, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to terminate secure instances: %w", err)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
index 917eef90c..d1b5d6dcb 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ type EC2 interface {
 	// Instances
 	DescribeInstances(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeInstancesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeInstancesOutput, error)
 	DescribeInstanceStatus(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeInstanceStatusInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeInstanceStatusOutput, error)
-	TerminateInstances(context.Context, *ec2.TerminateInstancesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.TerminateInstancesOutput, error)
 
 	// Fleets
 	CreateFleet(context.Context, *ec2.CreateFleetInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.CreateFleetOutput, error)
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
index 885d5d77b..e40ee7d15 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
@@ -110,16 +110,6 @@ func (a *AWS) DescribeInstancesByInstanceID(instanceID string) ([]ec2types.Reser
 	return res.Reservations, nil
 }
 
-func (a *AWS) TerminateInstances(instanceIDs []string) error {
-	_, err := a.ec2.TerminateInstances(
-		context.Background(),
-		&ec2.TerminateInstancesInput{
-			InstanceIds: instanceIDs,
-		},
-	)
-	return err
-}
-
 func (a *AWS) DescribeSecurityGroupsByPrefix(ctx context.Context, prefix string) ([]ec2types.SecurityGroup, error) {
 	var securityGroups []ec2types.SecurityGroup
 
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/secure-instance.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/secure-instance.go
index d24d4aeff..19017b3f9 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/secure-instance.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/secure-instance.go
@@ -271,12 +271,7 @@ func (a *AWS) terminatePreviousSI(hostInstanceID string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	instanceID := *descrInstancesOutput.Reservations[0].Instances[0].InstanceId
-	_, err = a.ec2.TerminateInstances(
-		context.Background(),
-		&ec2.TerminateInstancesInput{
-			InstanceIds: []string{instanceID},
-		},
-	)
+	_, err = a.TerminateInstancesEC2([]string{instanceID}, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return instanceID, err
 	}