diff --git a/cli/cmd/uninstall/uninstall.go b/cli/cmd/uninstall/uninstall.go
index 80ce278af2..8431008754 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/uninstall/uninstall.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/uninstall/uninstall.go
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ func (c *Command) removeCustomResources(uiLogger action.DebugLog) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if len(crs) != 0 {
-			return common.NewDeletionError(fmt.Sprintf("%d custom resources remain after deletion request. Retrying deletion", len(crs)))
+			return common.NewDanglingResourceError(fmt.Sprintf("%d custom resources remain after deletion request", len(crs)))
 		}
 		return nil
 	}, backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(time.Second), 5))
-	if !common.IsDeletionError(err) {
+	if !common.IsDanglingResourceError(err) {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -443,12 +443,18 @@ func (c *Command) removeCustomResources(uiLogger action.DebugLog) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	crs, err = c.fetchCustomResources(crds)
+	err = backoff.Retry(func() error {
+		crs, err := c.fetchCustomResources(crds)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(crs) != 0 {
+			return common.NewDanglingResourceError(fmt.Sprintf("%d custom resources remain after request to patch finalizers", len(crs)))
+		}
+		return nil
+	}, backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(time.Second), 5))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if len(crs) != 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to remove all custom resources managed by Consul. %d custom resources remain and will need to be removed manually", len(crs))
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to remove all custom resources managed by Consul. %d custom resources remain and will need to be removed manually. %v", len(crs), err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cli/common/error.go b/cli/common/error.go
index 7901e09b56..3d8e3deb51 100644
--- a/cli/common/error.go
+++ b/cli/common/error.go
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 package common
 
-// DeletionError should be used when a request was made to delete a resource
-// and that request failed.
-type DeletionError struct {
+// DanglingResourceError should be used when a request was made to remove
+// a resource and the resource still remains after enough time has elapsed
+// that it should have been removed by Kubernetes.
+type DanglingResourceError struct {
 	message string
 }
 
-// NewDeletionError returns a new instance of DeletionError for handling
-// failures in deletion requests.
-func NewDeletionError(message string) *DeletionError {
-	return &DeletionError{message}
+// NewDanglingResourceError returns a new instance of DanglingResourceError with
+// the given message.
+func NewDanglingResourceError(message string) *DanglingResourceError {
+	return &DanglingResourceError{message}
 }
 
-// Error returns a string representation of the deletion error.
-func (d *DeletionError) Error() string {
+// Error returns a string representation of the dangling resource error.
+func (d *DanglingResourceError) Error() string {
 	return d.message
 }
 
-// IsDeletionError returns true if the error passed in is of type DeletionError.
-func IsDeletionError(err error) bool {
-	_, ok := err.(*DeletionError)
+// IsDanglingResourceError returns true if the error passed in is of type DanglingResourceError.
+func IsDanglingResourceError(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(*DanglingResourceError)
 	return ok
 }