diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/manga/MangaPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/manga/MangaPresenter.kt
index 8fca6c1dad..3b090dd7bd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/manga/MangaPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/manga/MangaPresenter.kt
@@ -666,28 +666,13 @@ class MangaPresenter(
      */
     fun deleteChapters(chapters: List<DomainChapter>) {
         presenterScope.launchNonCancellable {
-            val chapters2 = chapters.map { it.toDbChapter() }
             try {
-                updateSuccessState { successState ->
-                    val deletedIds = downloadManager
-                        .deleteChapters(chapters2, successState.manga, successState.source)
-                        .map { it.id }
-                    val deletedChapters = successState.chapters.filter { deletedIds.contains(it.chapter.id) }
-                    if (deletedChapters.isEmpty()) return@updateSuccessState successState
-
-                    // TODO: Don't do this fake status update
-                    val newChapters = successState.chapters.toMutableList().apply {
-                        deletedChapters.forEach {
-                            val index = indexOf(it)
-                            val toAdd = removeAt(index)
-                                .copy(
-                                    downloadState = Download.State.NOT_DOWNLOADED,
-                                    downloadProgress = 0,
-                                )
-                            add(index, toAdd)
-                        }
-                    }
-                    successState.copy(chapters = newChapters)
+                successState?.let { state ->
+                    downloadManager.deleteChapters(
+                        chapters.map { it.toDbChapter() },
+                        state.manga,
+                        state.source,
+                    )
                 }
             } catch (e: Throwable) {
                 logcat(LogPriority.ERROR, e)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/recent/updates/UpdatesPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/recent/updates/UpdatesPresenter.kt
index ecbf448f6b..4f58cd3c81 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/recent/updates/UpdatesPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/recent/updates/UpdatesPresenter.kt
@@ -255,30 +255,13 @@ class UpdatesPresenter(
     fun deleteChapters(updatesItem: List<UpdatesItem>) {
         presenterScope.launchNonCancellable {
             val groupedUpdates = updatesItem.groupBy { it.update.mangaId }.values
-            val deletedIds = groupedUpdates.flatMap { updates ->
+            groupedUpdates.flatMap { updates ->
                 val mangaId = updates.first().update.mangaId
                 val manga = getManga.await(mangaId) ?: return@flatMap emptyList()
                 val source = sourceManager.get(manga.source) ?: return@flatMap emptyList()
                 val chapters = updates.mapNotNull { getChapter.await(it.update.chapterId)?.toDbChapter() }
                 downloadManager.deleteChapters(chapters, manga, source).mapNotNull { it.id }
             }
-
-            val deletedUpdates = items.filter {
-                deletedIds.contains(it.update.chapterId)
-            }
-            if (deletedUpdates.isEmpty()) return@launchNonCancellable
-
-            // TODO: Don't do this fake status update
-            state.items = state.items.toMutableList().apply {
-                deletedUpdates.forEach { deletedUpdate ->
-                    val modifiedIndex = indexOf(deletedUpdate)
-                    val item = removeAt(modifiedIndex).copy(
-                        downloadStateProvider = { Download.State.NOT_DOWNLOADED },
-                        downloadProgressProvider = { 0 },
-                    )
-                    add(modifiedIndex, item)
-                }
-            }
         }
     }