// skip pods known to pod workers
			continue
		}
		terminalPodsToDelete[pod.UID] = pod
	}
	for _, runningRuntimePod := range runningRuntimePods {
		// skip running runtime pods - they are handled by a dedicated routine
		// which terminates the containers
		delete(terminalPodsToDelete, runningRuntimePod.ID)
	}
	return terminalPodsToDelete
}