diff --git a/fs-watcher/fs-watcher.cc b/fs-watcher/fs-watcher.cc
index cfb7f55..20f486c 100644
--- a/fs-watcher/fs-watcher.cc
+++ b/fs-watcher/fs-watcher.cc
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
       _LOG_DEBUG ("Triggered DELETE of file: " << triggeredFile.relative_path ().generic_string ());
       // m_onDelete (triggeredFile.relative_path ());
 
+      deleteFile(triggeredFile.relative_path());
       Scheduler::scheduleOneTimeTask (m_scheduler, 0.5,
                                       bind (m_onDelete, triggeredFile.relative_path ()),
                                       "r-" + triggeredFile.relative_path ().string());
diff --git a/src/dispatcher.cc b/src/dispatcher.cc
index f4cf57d..3d3324b 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher.cc
+++ b/src/dispatcher.cc
@@ -253,13 +253,6 @@
       return;
     }
 
-  FileItemPtr currentFile = m_fileState->LookupFile (relativeFilePath.generic_string ());
-  if (!currentFile)
-    {
-      _LOG_ERROR ("File already deleted [" << relativeFilePath << "]");
-      return;
-    }
-
   m_actionLog->AddLocalActionDelete (relativeFilePath.generic_string());
   // notify SyncCore to propagate the change
   m_core->localStateChangedDelayed();