diff --git a/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller.go b/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller.go
index 1f498b19..377b612c 100644
--- a/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/awsmachinepool_controller.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	awsclientgo "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/client"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam/iamiface"
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	return r.reconcileNormal(ctx, awsMachinePool, iamService, logger)
 }
 
-func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileDelete(ctx context.Context, awsMachinePool *expcapa.AWSMachinePool, iamService *iam.IAMService, logger logr.Logger) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileDelete(ctx context.Context, awsMachinePool *expcapa.AWSMachinePool, iamService *iam.IAMService, logger logr.Logger, clusterName string) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	roleUsed, err := isRoleUsedElsewhere(ctx, r.Client, awsMachinePool.Spec.AWSLaunchTemplate.IamInstanceProfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, errors.WithStack(err)
@@ -148,13 +147,10 @@ func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileDelete(ctx context.Context, awsMachi
 		logger.Info("successfully removed finalizer from AWSMachinePool", "finalizer_name", iam.NodesRole)
 	}
 
-	return ctrl.Result{
-		Requeue:      true,
-		RequeueAfter: time.Minute * 5,
-	}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
-func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, awsMachinePool *expcapa.AWSMachinePool, iamService *iam.IAMService, logger logr.Logger) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, awsMachinePool *expcapa.AWSMachinePool, iamService *iam.IAMService, logger logr.Logger, clusterName string) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	// add finalizer to AWSMachinePool
 	if !controllerutil.ContainsFinalizer(awsMachinePool, key.FinalizerName(iam.NodesRole)) {
 		patchHelper, err := patch.NewHelper(awsMachinePool, r.Client)
@@ -175,10 +171,7 @@ func (r *AWSMachinePoolReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, awsMachi
 		return ctrl.Result{}, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	return ctrl.Result{
-		Requeue:      true,
-		RequeueAfter: time.Minute * 5,
-	}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
diff --git a/controllers/awsmachinetemplate_controller.go b/controllers/awsmachinetemplate_controller.go
index 73e0967e..3c5b6bb8 100644
--- a/controllers/awsmachinetemplate_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/awsmachinetemplate_controller.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	awsclientgo "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/client"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/iam/iamiface"
@@ -232,10 +231,7 @@ func (r *AWSMachineTemplateReconciler) reconcileDelete(ctx context.Context, iamS
 		logger.Info("successfully removed finalizer from configmap", "finalizer_name", iam.ControlPlaneRole)
 	}
 
-	return ctrl.Result{
-		Requeue:      true,
-		RequeueAfter: time.Minute * 5,
-	}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
 func (r *AWSMachineTemplateReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, iamService *iam.IAMService, awsMachineTemplate *capa.AWSMachineTemplate, logger logr.Logger, clusterName, namespace, role string) (ctrl.Result, error) {
@@ -349,10 +345,7 @@ func (r *AWSMachineTemplateReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, iamS
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ctrl.Result{
-		Requeue:      true,
-		RequeueAfter: time.Minute * 5,
-	}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
diff --git a/pkg/key/key.go b/pkg/key/key.go
index ef46fe6b..2b94d939 100644
--- a/pkg/key/key.go
+++ b/pkg/key/key.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package key
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 
+	awsarn "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/arn"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -152,18 +151,10 @@ func GetBaseDomain(ctx context.Context, ctrlClient client.Client, clusterName, n
 
 func GetAWSAccountID(awsClusterRoleIdentity *capa.AWSClusterRoleIdentity) (string, error) {
 	arn := awsClusterRoleIdentity.Spec.RoleArn
-	if arn == "" || len(strings.TrimSpace(arn)) < 1 {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("unable to extract ARN from AWSClusterRoleIdentity %s", awsClusterRoleIdentity.Name)
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`[-]?\d[\d,]*[\.]?[\d{2}]*`)
-	accountID := re.FindAllString(arn, 1)[0]
-
-	if accountID == "" || len(strings.TrimSpace(accountID)) < 1 {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("unable to extract AWS account ID from ARN %s", arn)
-		return "", err
+	a, err := awsarn.Parse(arn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", microerror.Mask(err)
 	}
 
-	return accountID, nil
+	return a.AccountID, nil
 }