diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/HostProvisioner.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/HostProvisioner.java
index fd7ac47fa479..1448d308932c 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/HostProvisioner.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/HostProvisioner.java
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ public interface HostProvisioner {
 
     enum HostSharing {
 
-        /** The host must be provisioned exclusively for the application ID. */
-        provision,
-
         /** The host must be exclusive to a single application ID */
         exclusive,
 
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ enum HostSharing {
         shared;
 
         public boolean isExclusiveAllocation() {
-            return this == provision || this == exclusive;
+            return this == exclusive;
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/Preparer.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/Preparer.java
index 1a7d116005fb..7cc280889d11 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/Preparer.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/Preparer.java
@@ -241,12 +241,9 @@ private boolean canProvisionDynamically(NodeType hostType) {
     }
 
     private HostSharing hostSharing(ClusterSpec cluster, NodeType hostType) {
-        if ( hostType.isSharable())
-            return nodeRepository.exclusivity().provisioning(cluster) ? HostSharing.provision :
-                   nodeRepository.exclusivity().allocation(cluster) ? HostSharing.exclusive :
-                   HostSharing.shared;
-        else
-            return HostSharing.shared;
+        if (hostType.isSharable() && nodeRepository.exclusivity().allocation(cluster))
+            return HostSharing.exclusive;
+        return HostSharing.shared;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/ProvisionedHost.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/ProvisionedHost.java
index 8a84cfef09a9..4853adc50f0e 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/ProvisionedHost.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/ProvisionedHost.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public class ProvisionedHost {
     private final String hostHostname;
     private final Flavor hostFlavor;
     private final NodeType hostType;
-    private final Optional<ApplicationId> provisionedForApplicationId;
     private final Optional<ApplicationId> exclusiveToApplicationId;
     private final Optional<ClusterSpec.Type> exclusiveToClusterType;
     private final List<HostName> nodeHostnames;
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ public class ProvisionedHost {
     private final CloudAccount cloudAccount;
 
     public ProvisionedHost(String id, String hostHostname, Flavor hostFlavor, NodeType hostType,
-                           Optional<ApplicationId> provisionedForApplicationId,
                            Optional<ApplicationId> exclusiveToApplicationId,
                            Optional<ClusterSpec.Type> exclusiveToClusterType,
                            List<HostName> nodeHostnames, NodeResources nodeResources,
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ public ProvisionedHost(String id, String hostHostname, Flavor hostFlavor, NodeTy
         this.hostHostname = Objects.requireNonNull(hostHostname, "Host hostname must be set");
         this.hostFlavor = Objects.requireNonNull(hostFlavor, "Host flavor must be set");
         this.hostType = Objects.requireNonNull(hostType, "Host type must be set");
-        this.provisionedForApplicationId = Objects.requireNonNull(provisionedForApplicationId, "provisionedForApplicationId must be set");
         this.exclusiveToApplicationId = Objects.requireNonNull(exclusiveToApplicationId, "exclusiveToApplicationId must be set");
         this.exclusiveToClusterType = Objects.requireNonNull(exclusiveToClusterType, "exclusiveToClusterType must be set");
         this.nodeHostnames = validateNodeAddresses(nodeHostnames);
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ public Node generateHost(Duration hostTTL) {
         Node.Builder builder = Node.create(id, IP.Config.of(List.of(), List.of(), nodeHostnames), hostHostname, hostFlavor, hostType)
                                    .status(Status.initial().withOsVersion(OsVersion.EMPTY.withCurrent(Optional.of(osVersion))))
                                    .cloudAccount(cloudAccount);
-        provisionedForApplicationId.ifPresent(builder::provisionedForApplicationId);
         exclusiveToApplicationId.ifPresent(builder::exclusiveToApplicationId);
         exclusiveToClusterType.ifPresent(builder::exclusiveToClusterType);
         if ( ! hostTTL.isZero()) builder.hostTTL(hostTTL);
@@ -89,7 +85,6 @@ public Node generateNode() {
     public String hostHostname() { return hostHostname; }
     public Flavor hostFlavor() { return hostFlavor; }
     public NodeType hostType() { return hostType; }
-    public Optional<ApplicationId> provisionedForApplicationId() { return provisionedForApplicationId; }
     public Optional<ApplicationId> exclusiveToApplicationId() { return exclusiveToApplicationId; }
     public Optional<ClusterSpec.Type> exclusiveToClusterType() { return exclusiveToClusterType; }
     public List<HostName> nodeHostnames() { return nodeHostnames; }
@@ -108,7 +103,6 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
                hostHostname.equals(that.hostHostname) &&
                hostFlavor.equals(that.hostFlavor) &&
                hostType == that.hostType &&
-               provisionedForApplicationId.equals(that.provisionedForApplicationId) &&
                exclusiveToApplicationId.equals(that.exclusiveToApplicationId) &&
                exclusiveToClusterType.equals(that.exclusiveToClusterType) &&
                nodeHostnames.equals(that.nodeHostnames) &&
@@ -119,7 +113,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(id, hostHostname, hostFlavor, hostType, provisionedForApplicationId, exclusiveToApplicationId, exclusiveToClusterType, nodeHostnames, nodeResources, osVersion, cloudAccount);
+        return Objects.hash(id, hostHostname, hostFlavor, hostType, exclusiveToApplicationId, exclusiveToClusterType, nodeHostnames, nodeResources, osVersion, cloudAccount);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -129,7 +123,6 @@ public String toString() {
                ", hostHostname='" + hostHostname + '\'' +
                ", hostFlavor=" + hostFlavor +
                ", hostType=" + hostType +
-               ", provisionedForApplicationId=" + provisionedForApplicationId +
                ", exclusiveToApplicationId=" + exclusiveToApplicationId +
                ", exclusiveToClusterType=" + exclusiveToClusterType +
                ", nodeHostnames=" + nodeHostnames +
diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/testutils/MockHostProvisioner.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/testutils/MockHostProvisioner.java
index de9e241bbfd9..ae867873e33c 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/testutils/MockHostProvisioner.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/testutils/MockHostProvisioner.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public Runnable provisionHosts(HostProvisionRequest request, Predicate<NodeResou
                                           hostHostname,
                                           hostFlavor,
                                           request.type(),
-                                          request.sharing() == HostSharing.provision ? Optional.of(request.owner()) : Optional.empty(),
                                           request.sharing().isExclusiveAllocation() ? Optional.of(request.owner()) : Optional.empty(),
                                           Optional.empty(),
                                           createHostnames(request.type(), hostFlavor, index),
diff --git a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
index bdcfa0f2f333..df058a209b5a 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
@@ -217,40 +217,6 @@ private void assertHostSharing(Environment environment, ClusterSpec.Type cluster
         assertEquals(expectShared ? 2 : 4, tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().nodeType(NodeType.host).size());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void retires_on_exclusivity_violation() {
-        var tester = tester(false);
-        tester.flagSource().withJacksonFlag(PermanentFlags.SHARED_HOST.id(), new SharedHost(List.of(new HostResources(1., 1., 1., 1., "fast", "local", null, 10, "x86_64"))), SharedHost.class);
-        ApplicationId application1 = applicationId();
-        NodeResources resources = new NodeResources(4, 80, 100, 1);
-        prepareAndActivate(application1, clusterSpec("mycluster"), 4, 1, resources, tester);
-        NodeList initialNodes = tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().owner(application1);
-        assertEquals(4, initialNodes.size());
-
-        // Redeploy same application with exclusive=true
-        NodeResources smallerExclusiveResources = new NodeResources(2, 20, 50, 1);
-        prepareAndActivate(application1, clusterSpec("mycluster", true), 4, 1, smallerExclusiveResources, tester);
-        assertEquals(8, tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().owner(application1).size());
-        assertEquals(initialNodes, tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().owner(application1).retired());
-
-        // Redeploy without exclusive again is no-op
-        prepareAndActivate(application1, clusterSpec("mycluster"), 4, 1, smallerExclusiveResources, tester);
-        NodeList nodes = tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list();
-        assertEquals(8, nodes.owner(application1).size());
-        assertEquals(initialNodes, nodes.owner(application1).retired());
-
-        // Remove the old retired nodes and make 2 random parents of current nodes violate exclusivity
-        tester.patchNodes(initialNodes.asList(), node -> node.removable(true));
-        NodeList exclusiveViolators = nodes.owner(application1).not().retired().first(2);
-        List<Node> parents = exclusiveViolators.mapToList(node -> nodes.parentOf(node).get());
-        tester.patchNode(parents.get(0), node -> node.withProvisionedForApplicationId(ApplicationId.defaultId()));
-        tester.patchNode(parents.get(1), node -> node.withExclusiveToClusterType(container));
-
-        prepareAndActivate(application1, clusterSpec("mycluster"), 4, 1, smallerExclusiveResources, tester);
-        assertEquals(10, tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().owner(application1).size());
-        assertEquals(exclusiveViolators, tester.nodeRepository().nodes().list().owner(application1).retired());
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void node_indices_are_unique_even_when_a_node_is_left_in_reserved_state() {
         var tester = tester(true);