diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
index 5c58d0a4cbb..64a4f1b2361 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_alpha.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ const (
 	// of cluster nodes as backends instead of all nodes.
 	AlphaFeatureILBSubsets = "ILBSubsets"
 
-	// AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs enabled L4 Regional Backend Services and
+	// AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement enabled L4 Regional Backend Services and
 	// disables instance group management in service controller
-	AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs = "NetLB_RBS"
+	AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement = "SkipIGsManagement"
 )
 
 // AlphaFeatureGate contains a mapping of alpha features to whether they are enabled
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
index c7c0c91a324..3a40d5cba16 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal.go
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroups(name string, nodes []*v1.Node) ([]s
 	klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroups(%v): %d nodes over %d zones in region %v", name, len(nodes), len(zonedNodes), g.region)
 	var igLinks []string
 	for zone, nodes := range zonedNodes {
-		if g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs) {
+		if g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement) {
 			igs, err := g.FilterInstanceGroupsByName(name, zone)
 			if err != nil {
 				return []string{}, err
@@ -652,9 +652,10 @@ func (g *Cloud) ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(name string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(%v): attempting delete instance group in all %d zones", name, len(zones))
-	for _, z := range zones {
-		if !g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs) {
+	// Skip Instance Group deletion if IG management was moved out of k/k code
+	if !g.AlphaFeatureGate.Enabled(AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement) {
+		klog.V(2).Infof("ensureInternalInstanceGroupsDeleted(%v): attempting delete instance group in all %d zones", name, len(zones))
+		for _, z := range zones {
 			if err := g.DeleteInstanceGroup(name, z.Name); err != nil && !isNotFoundOrInUse(err) {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
index 4ab40628576..15cb6acbbd8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_loadbalancer_internal_test.go
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ func TestEnsureMultipleInstanceGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	vals := DefaultTestClusterValues()
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	gce.AlphaFeatureGate = NewAlphaFeatureGate([]string{AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs})
+	gce.AlphaFeatureGate = NewAlphaFeatureGate([]string{AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement})
 
-	nodes, err  := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"n1"}, vals.ZoneName)
+	nodes, err := createAndInsertNodes(gce, []string{"n1"}, vals.ZoneName)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	baseName := makeInstanceGroupName(vals.ClusterID)
@@ -560,14 +560,13 @@ func TestSkipInstanceGroupDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 	gce, err := fakeGCECloud(vals)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-
 	svc := fakeLoadbalancerService(string(LBTypeInternal))
 	svc, err = gce.client.CoreV1().Services(svc.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), svc, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = createInternalLoadBalancer(gce, svc, nil, []string{"test-node-1"}, vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, vals.ZoneName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	gce.AlphaFeatureGate = NewAlphaFeatureGate([]string{AlphaFeatureNetLBRbs})
+	gce.AlphaFeatureGate = NewAlphaFeatureGate([]string{AlphaFeatureSkipIGsManagement})
 	err = gce.ensureInternalLoadBalancerDeleted(vals.ClusterName, vals.ClusterID, svc)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)