diff --git a/internal/load/build.go b/internal/load/build.go
index 7caba154..3d01d246 100644
--- a/internal/load/build.go
+++ b/internal/load/build.go
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ func registerSingleBuild(kubeAccess KubeAccess, namespace string, name string, b
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var graceperiod = int64(0)
-	deleteOptions := metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &graceperiod}
-
 	if !buildRunOptions.skipDelete {
 		defer func() {
-			if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, &deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, defaultDeleteOptions); err != nil {
 				warn("failed to delete build %s, %v\n", name, err)
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/internal/load/buildrun.go b/internal/load/buildrun.go
index 1227b254..1c556fbd 100644
--- a/internal/load/buildrun.go
+++ b/internal/load/buildrun.go
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	buildv1alpha1 "github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
 	"github.com/gonvenience/bunt"
 	"github.com/gonvenience/text"
+	buildv1alpha1 "github.com/shipwright-io/build/pkg/apis/build/v1alpha1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 type buildRunOptions struct {
@@ -178,12 +177,9 @@ func ExecuteSingleBuildRun(kubeAccess KubeAccess, namespace string, name string,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var graceperiod = int64(0)
-	deleteOptions := metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: &graceperiod}
-
 	if !buildRunOptions.skipDelete {
 		defer func() {
-			if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, &deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, defaultDeleteOptions); err != nil {
 				warn("failed to delete build %s, %v\n", name, err)
 			}
 		}()
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ func ExecuteSingleBuildRun(kubeAccess KubeAccess, namespace string, name string,
 
 	if !buildRunOptions.skipDelete {
 		defer func() {
-			if err := deleteBuildRun(kubeAccess, buildRun.Namespace, buildRun.Name, &deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			if err := deleteBuildRun(kubeAccess, buildRun.Namespace, buildRun.Name, defaultDeleteOptions); err != nil {
 				warn("failed to delete buildrun %s, %v\n", name, err)
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/internal/load/kubeops.go b/internal/load/kubeops.go
index 907ed4d9..f81d7a56 100644
--- a/internal/load/kubeops.go
+++ b/internal/load/kubeops.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	defaultBuildRunWaitTimeout = time.Duration(5 * time.Minute)
+	defaultDeleteOptions       = &metav1.DeleteOptions{
+		GracePeriodSeconds: ptr.Int64(0),
+	}
 )
 
 func newBuild(namespace string, name string, buildSpec buildv1alpha1.BuildSpec, annotations map[string]string) buildv1alpha1.Build {
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ func newBuildRun(name string, build buildv1alpha1.Build, generateServiceAccount
 }
 
 func applyBuild(kubeAccess KubeAccess, build buildv1alpha1.Build) (*buildv1alpha1.Build, error) {
-	if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: ptr.Int64(0)}); err != nil {
+	if err := deleteBuild(kubeAccess, build.Namespace, build.Name, defaultDeleteOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ func applyBuild(kubeAccess KubeAccess, build buildv1alpha1.Build) (*buildv1alpha
 }
 
 func applyBuildRun(kubeAccess KubeAccess, buildRun buildv1alpha1.BuildRun) (*buildv1alpha1.BuildRun, error) {
-	if err := deleteBuildRun(kubeAccess, buildRun.Namespace, buildRun.Name, &metav1.DeleteOptions{GracePeriodSeconds: ptr.Int64(0)}); err != nil {
+	if err := deleteBuildRun(kubeAccess, buildRun.Namespace, buildRun.Name, defaultDeleteOptions); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}