diff --git a/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go b/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
index d0597d3ee..ce1636266 100644
--- a/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
+++ b/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller.go
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ func (r *ClusterCatalogReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, catalog *ocv1.
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
+	if catalog.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil {
+		// If we've gotten here, that means the cluster catalog is being deleted, we've handled all of
+		// _our_ finalizers (above), but the cluster catalog is still present in the cluster, likely
+		// because there are _other_ finalizers that other controllers need to handle, (e.g. the orphan
+		// deletion finalizer).
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	// TODO: The below algorithm to get the current state based on an in-memory
 	//    storedCatalogs map is a hack that helps us keep the ClusterCatalog's
 	//    status up-to-date. The fact that we need this setup is indicative of
diff --git a/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go b/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
index f7b917dc1..95a18733a 100644
--- a/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/catalogd/controllers/core/clustercatalog_controller_test.go
@@ -766,6 +766,40 @@ func TestCatalogdControllerReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "reconcile should be short-circuited if the clustercatalog has a deletion timestamp and all known finalizers have been removed",
+			catalog: &ocv1.ClusterCatalog{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "catalog",
+					Finalizers:        []string{"finalizer"},
+					DeletionTimestamp: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Date(2025, 6, 10, 16, 43, 0, 0, time.UTC)},
+				},
+				Spec: ocv1.ClusterCatalogSpec{
+					Source: ocv1.CatalogSource{
+						Type: ocv1.SourceTypeImage,
+						Image: &ocv1.ImageSource{
+							Ref: "my.org/someimage:latest",
+						},
+					},
+					AvailabilityMode: ocv1.AvailabilityModeAvailable,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedCatalog: &ocv1.ClusterCatalog{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:              "catalog",
+					Finalizers:        []string{"finalizer"},
+					DeletionTimestamp: &metav1.Time{Time: time.Date(2025, 6, 10, 16, 43, 0, 0, time.UTC)}},
+				Spec: ocv1.ClusterCatalogSpec{
+					Source: ocv1.CatalogSource{
+						Type: ocv1.SourceTypeImage,
+						Image: &ocv1.ImageSource{
+							Ref: "my.org/someimage:latest",
+						},
+					},
+					AvailabilityMode: ocv1.AvailabilityModeAvailable,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			reconciler := &ClusterCatalogReconciler{
diff --git a/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go b/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
index e571174b0..9a79e8c75 100644
--- a/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
+++ b/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller.go
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ func (r *ClusterExtensionReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, ext *ocv1.Cl
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
+	if ext.GetDeletionTimestamp() != nil {
+		// If we've gotten here, that means the cluster extension is being deleted, we've handled all of
+		// _our_ finalizers (above), but the cluster extension is still present in the cluster, likely
+		// because there are _other_ finalizers that other controllers need to handle, (e.g. the orphan
+		// deletion finalizer).
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	l.Info("getting installed bundle")
 	installedBundle, err := r.InstalledBundleGetter.GetInstalledBundle(ctx, ext)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller_test.go b/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller_test.go
index be61891a0..64883c416 100644
--- a/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/operator-controller/controllers/clusterextension_controller_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,79 @@ func TestClusterExtensionDoesNotExist(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestClusterExtensionShortCircuitsReconcileDuringDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	cl, reconciler := newClientAndReconciler(t)
+
+	installedBundleGetterCalledErr := errors.New("installed bundle getter called")
+	checkInstalledBundleGetterCalled := func(t require.TestingT, err error, args ...interface{}) {
+		require.Equal(t, installedBundleGetterCalledErr, err)
+	}
+	reconciler.InstalledBundleGetter = &MockInstalledBundleGetter{
+		err: installedBundleGetterCalledErr,
+	}
+
+	type testCase struct {
+		name         string
+		finalizers   []string
+		shouldDelete bool
+		expectErr    require.ErrorAssertionFunc
+	}
+	for _, tc := range []testCase{
+		{
+			name:      "no finalizers, not deleted",
+			expectErr: checkInstalledBundleGetterCalled,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "has finalizers, not deleted",
+			finalizers: []string{"finalizer"},
+			expectErr:  checkInstalledBundleGetterCalled,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "has finalizers, deleted",
+			finalizers:   []string{"finalizer"},
+			shouldDelete: true,
+			expectErr:    require.NoError,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pkgName := fmt.Sprintf("test-pkg-%s", rand.String(6))
+
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			extKey := types.NamespacedName{Name: fmt.Sprintf("cluster-extension-test-%s", rand.String(8))}
+
+			t.Log("When the cluster extension specifies a non-existent package")
+			t.Log("By initializing cluster state")
+			clusterExtension := &ocv1.ClusterExtension{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:       extKey.Name,
+					Finalizers: tc.finalizers,
+				},
+				Spec: ocv1.ClusterExtensionSpec{
+					Source: ocv1.SourceConfig{
+						SourceType: "Catalog",
+						Catalog: &ocv1.CatalogFilter{
+							PackageName: pkgName,
+						},
+					},
+					Namespace: "default",
+					ServiceAccount: ocv1.ServiceAccountReference{
+						Name: "default",
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, cl.Create(ctx, clusterExtension))
+			if tc.shouldDelete {
+				require.NoError(t, cl.Delete(ctx, clusterExtension))
+			}
+
+			t.Log("By running reconcile")
+			res, err := reconciler.Reconcile(ctx, ctrl.Request{NamespacedName: extKey})
+			require.Equal(t, ctrl.Result{}, res)
+			tc.expectErr(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClusterExtensionResolutionFails(t *testing.T) {
 	pkgName := fmt.Sprintf("non-existent-%s", rand.String(6))
 	cl, reconciler := newClientAndReconciler(t)