diff --git a/rollout/service.go b/rollout/service.go
index 0ed9ffbb4b..08e3e34a4c 100644
--- a/rollout/service.go
+++ b/rollout/service.go
@@ -258,14 +258,6 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) reconcileStableAndCanaryService() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if c.pauseContext != nil && c.pauseContext.IsAborted() && c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting == nil {
-		err = c.ensureSVCTargets(c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService, c.stableRS, true)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if dynamicallyRollingBackToStable, currSelector := isDynamicallyRollingBackToStable(c.rollout, c.newRS); dynamicallyRollingBackToStable {
 		// User may have interrupted an update in order go back to stableRS, and is using dynamic
 		// stable scaling. If that is the case, the stableRS might be undersized and if we blindly