diff --git a/api/v1/types.go b/api/v1/types.go
index 4a9430cd..8bdd67cd 100644
--- a/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/api/v1/types.go
@@ -101,9 +101,14 @@ func (e ExternalID) WhereClause(db *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 type ConfigDeleteReason string
 
 var (
-	// DeletedReasonStale is used when a config item doesn't get updated on a scrape run
-	DeletedReasonStale           ConfigDeleteReason = "STALE"
-	DeletedReasonFromAttribute   ConfigDeleteReason = "FROM_ATTRIBUTE"
-	DeletedReasonFromEvent       ConfigDeleteReason = "FROM_EVENT"
+	// DeletedReasonStale is used when a config item doesn't get updated on a scrape run.
+	DeletedReasonStale ConfigDeleteReason = "STALE"
+
+	// DeletedReasonFromAttribute is used when a deletion field (& reason)
+	// is picked up from the scraped config itself.
+	DeletedReasonFromAttribute ConfigDeleteReason = "FROM_ATTRIBUTE"
+
+	// DeletedReasonFromDeleteField is used when a deletion field (& reason)
+	// is picked up from the JSONPath expression provided in the scraper config.
 	DeletedReasonFromDeleteField ConfigDeleteReason = "FROM_DELETE_FIELD"
 )
diff --git a/db/models/config_item.go b/db/models/config_item.go
index e3b48069..2b31d5bf 100644
--- a/db/models/config_item.go
+++ b/db/models/config_item.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ type ConfigItem struct {
 
 	ParentExternalID string `gorm:"-" json:"-"`
 	ParentType       string `gorm:"-" json:"-"`
-	TouchDeletedAt   bool   `gorm:"-" json:"-"`
 }
 
 func (ci ConfigItem) String() string {
diff --git a/db/update.go b/db/update.go
index bb768362..72b3c3dd 100644
--- a/db/update.go
+++ b/db/update.go
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ func updateCI(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result v1.ScrapeResult, ci, existing *model
 	updates := make(map[string]interface{})
 	changes := make([]*models.ConfigChange, 0)
 
-	// In case a resource was marked as deleted but is un-deleted now
-	// we set an update flag as gorm ignores nil pointers
 	if ci.DeletedAt != existing.DeletedAt {
-		ci.TouchDeletedAt = true
 		updates["deleted_at"] = ci.DeletedAt
+		updates["delete_reason"] = ci.DeleteReason
 	}
 
 	changeResult, err := generateConfigChange(*ci, *existing)
@@ -178,11 +176,6 @@ func updateCI(ctx api.ScrapeContext, result v1.ScrapeResult, ci, existing *model
 		updates["properties"] = *ci.Properties
 	}
 
-	if ci.TouchDeletedAt && ci.DeleteReason != v1.DeletedReasonFromEvent {
-		updates["deleted_at"] = nil
-		updates["delete_reason"] = nil
-	}
-
 	if len(updates) == 0 {
 		return changes, nil
 	}