diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
index edfe21bb1..b4b4f0b7e 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
@@ -1180,6 +1180,12 @@ func TriggerSchedulerPostDelete(scheduler string, appName string) error {
 	if scheduler != "k3s" {
 		return nil
 	}
+
+	if err := isK3sInstalled(); err != nil {
+		common.LogWarn(fmt.Sprintf("Skipping app deletion: %s", err.Error()))
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	namespace := getComputedNamespace(appName)
 	helmAgent, err := NewHelmAgent(namespace, DeployLogPrinter)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1200,6 +1206,11 @@ func TriggerSchedulerStop(scheduler string, appName string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if err := isK3sInstalled(); err != nil {
+		common.LogWarn(fmt.Sprintf("Skipping app stop: %s", err.Error()))
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	signals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(signals, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGHUP,