diff --git a/azure/services/groups/groups.go b/azure/services/groups/groups.go
index 5074ba41445..2221dc7816e 100644
--- a/azure/services/groups/groups.go
+++ b/azure/services/groups/groups.go
@@ -53,19 +53,13 @@ func New(scope GroupScope) *Service {
 	}
 }
 
-// isGroupManaged returns true if the ASO ResourceGroup was created by CAPZ,
-// meaning that the resource group's lifecycle is managed.
-func (s *Service) isGroupManaged(ctx context.Context, spec azure.ASOResourceSpecGetter[*asoresourcesv1.ResourceGroup]) (bool, error) {
-	return aso.IsManaged(ctx, s.Scope.GetClient(), spec, s.Scope.ClusterName())
-}
-
 // IsManaged returns false if the resource group is
-// true and reconciled by ASO, meaning that we can rely on a single resource
+// managed and reconciled by ASO, meaning that we can rely on a single resource
 // group delete operation as opposed to deleting every individual resource.
 func (s *Service) IsManaged(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	// Unless all resource groups are managed by CAPZ and reconciled by ASO, resources need to be deleted individually.
 	for _, spec := range s.Specs {
-		managed, err := s.isGroupManaged(ctx, spec)
+		managed, err := aso.IsManaged(ctx, s.Scope.GetClient(), spec, s.Scope.ClusterName())
 		if err != nil || !managed {
 			return managed, err
 		}