diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/CaldavTask.java b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/CaldavTask.java
index 17898bad5..fd60ee975 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/CaldavTask.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/data/CaldavTask.java
@@ -186,4 +186,8 @@ public class CaldavTask {
         + '\''
         + '}';
   }
+
+  public boolean isDeleted() {
+    return deleted > 0;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/etesync/EteSynchronizer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/etesync/EteSynchronizer.java
index 5de62c2a3..6a16c681d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/etesync/EteSynchronizer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/tasks/etesync/EteSynchronizer.java
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ public class EteSynchronizer {
         case DELETE:
           dirty.remove(remoteId);
           if (caldavTask != null) {
-            taskDeleter.delete(caldavTask.getTask());
+            if (caldavTask.isDeleted()) {
+              caldavDao.delete(caldavTask);
+            } else {
+              taskDeleter.delete(caldavTask.getTask());
+            }
           }
           break;
       }