diff --git a/addons/mariadb/scripts-ut-spec/galera_memberleave_removed_spec.sh b/addons/mariadb/scripts-ut-spec/galera_memberleave_removed_spec.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0313ee2cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/mariadb/scripts-ut-spec/galera_memberleave_removed_spec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# shellcheck shell=sh
+#
+# H10: the galera memberLeave action was a silent no-op — it ran in the
+# kbagent execution face (no mariadb client), all SQL guarded with
+# `2>/dev/null || true`, so its claimed FLUSH TABLES / wsrep_desync=ON never
+# executed. Galera evicts a departed node natively (keepalive timeout) and
+# the shutdown-time graceful leave (final seqno + safe_to_bootstrap, clean
+# InnoDB flush) is handled by the mariadb container preStop, which runs
+# in-container against 127.0.0.1. The broken action + its script were removed.
+
+Describe "galera memberLeave removal (H10)"
+  CMPD_GALERA="${SHELLSPEC_CWD:?}/addons/mariadb/templates/cmpd-galera.yaml"
+  CFGMAP_GALERA="${SHELLSPEC_CWD:?}/addons/mariadb/templates/configmap-scripts-galera.yaml"
+  SCRIPTS_DIR="${SHELLSPEC_CWD:?}/addons/mariadb/scripts"
+
+  It "cmpd-galera declares no memberLeave lifecycle action"
+    When run sh -c "grep -E '^[[:space:]]*memberLeave:' '${CMPD_GALERA}' || true"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should equal ""
+  End
+
+  It "cmpd-galera does not reference the removed galera-member-leave.sh"
+    When run sh -c "grep -F 'galera-member-leave.sh' '${CMPD_GALERA}' || true"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should equal ""
+  End
+
+  It "galera scripts ConfigMap does not mount galera-member-leave.sh"
+    When run sh -c "grep -F 'galera-member-leave.sh' '${CFGMAP_GALERA}' || true"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should equal ""
+  End
+
+  It "the galera-member-leave.sh script file is gone"
+    When run sh -c "test ! -e '${SCRIPTS_DIR}/galera-member-leave.sh' && echo GONE"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should equal "GONE"
+  End
+
+  It "graceful-leave intent is still covered by the galera preStop (in-container)"
+    # The shutdown-time graceful leave lives in the mariadb container preStop.
+    When run sh -c "grep -c 'preStop:' '${CMPD_GALERA}'"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should equal "1"
+  End
+
+  It "preStop performs the in-container graceful shutdown SQL"
+    When run sh -c "grep -F 'SET GLOBAL wsrep_on=OFF' '${CMPD_GALERA}'"
+    The status should be success
+    The output should include "wsrep_on=OFF"
+  End
+End
diff --git a/addons/mariadb/scripts/galera-member-leave.sh b/addons/mariadb/scripts/galera-member-leave.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c313e53aaa..0000000000
--- a/addons/mariadb/scripts/galera-member-leave.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Called by KubeBlocks before a Galera node is removed.
-# Perform a graceful eviction: flush tables and let the cluster
-# detect the node's departure via keepalive timeout.
-
-set -e
-
-mariadb_cmd() { mariadb "-u${MARIADB_ROOT_USER}" "-p${MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -P3306 -h127.0.0.1 -s "$@"; }
-
-echo "Gracefully evicting ${POD_NAME:-this node} from Galera cluster..."
-
-# Flush tables to ensure a clean state before shutdown
-mariadb_cmd -e "FLUSH TABLES;" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-# Set wsrep_desync=ON to avoid being selected as a SST donor during shutdown
-mariadb_cmd -e "SET GLOBAL wsrep_desync=ON;" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-echo "Member leave preparation complete. Node will be evicted on shutdown."
-exit 0
diff --git a/addons/mariadb/templates/cmpd-galera.yaml b/addons/mariadb/templates/cmpd-galera.yaml
index 199f0339d9..3cf776f038 100644
--- a/addons/mariadb/templates/cmpd-galera.yaml
+++ b/addons/mariadb/templates/cmpd-galera.yaml
@@ -135,12 +135,14 @@ spec:
         command:
           - /bin/sh
           - /scripts/galera-member-join.sh
-    memberLeave:
-      exec:
-        container: mariadb
-        command:
-          - /bin/sh
-          - /scripts/galera-member-leave.sh
+    # No memberLeave action: Galera evicts a departed node natively via
+    # keepalive timeout (down-after group-communication), so no database-
+    # internal removal step is required. The previous memberLeave ran in the
+    # kbagent execution face (no mariadb client, all SQL `2>/dev/null || true`),
+    # so its claimed FLUSH TABLES / wsrep_desync=ON never executed — a silent
+    # no-op. The graceful-leave that does matter at shutdown (final seqno +
+    # safe_to_bootstrap, clean InnoDB flush) is handled by the mariadb
+    # container preStop below, which runs in-container against 127.0.0.1.
   runtime:
     # Allow enough time for Galera to write grastate.dat on clean shutdown.
     # 30s (default) is insufficient when InnoDB has dirty pages to flush.
diff --git a/addons/mariadb/templates/configmap-scripts-galera.yaml b/addons/mariadb/templates/configmap-scripts-galera.yaml
index cf894b3771..915cef6dfa 100644
--- a/addons/mariadb/templates/configmap-scripts-galera.yaml
+++ b/addons/mariadb/templates/configmap-scripts-galera.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@ data:
     {{- .Files.Get "scripts/galera-roleprobe.sh" | nindent 4 }}
   galera-member-join.sh: |-
     {{- .Files.Get "scripts/galera-member-join.sh" | nindent 4 }}
-  galera-member-leave.sh: |-
-    {{- .Files.Get "scripts/galera-member-leave.sh" | nindent 4 }}