diff --git a/ts/services/expiringMessagesDeletion.ts b/ts/services/expiringMessagesDeletion.ts
index d83c8fc721..8d33b0db90 100644
--- a/ts/services/expiringMessagesDeletion.ts
+++ b/ts/services/expiringMessagesDeletion.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class ExpiringMessagesDeletionService {
         });
 
         const conversation = message.getConversation();
+
+        // We do this to update the UI, if this message is being displayed somewhere
+        message.trigger('expired');
+
         if (conversation) {
           // An expired message only counts as decrementing the message count, not
           // the sent message count
diff --git a/ts/services/tapToViewMessagesDeletionService.ts b/ts/services/tapToViewMessagesDeletionService.ts
index e96845578c..6e147c34b4 100644
--- a/ts/services/tapToViewMessagesDeletionService.ts
+++ b/ts/services/tapToViewMessagesDeletionService.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ async function eraseTapToViewMessages() {
           message.idForLogging()
         );
 
+        // We do this to update the UI, if this message is being displayed somewhere
+        message.trigger('expired');
+
         await message.eraseContents();
       })
     );
diff --git a/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx b/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
index 281581740f..47592e179b 100644
--- a/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
+++ b/ts/views/conversation_view.tsx
@@ -115,11 +115,7 @@ import {
   suspendLinkPreviews,
 } from '../services/LinkPreview';
 import { LinkPreviewSourceType } from '../types/LinkPreview';
-import {
-  closeLightbox,
-  isLightboxOpen,
-  showLightbox,
-} from '../util/showLightbox';
+import { closeLightbox, showLightbox } from '../util/showLightbox';
 
 type AttachmentOptions = {
   messageId: string;
@@ -1894,21 +1890,16 @@ export class ConversationView extends window.Backbone.View<ConversationModel> {
 
     await message.markViewOnceMessageViewed();
 
-    this.listenTo(message, 'expired', async () => {
-      log.info('displayTapToViewMessage: attempting to close lightbox');
-
-      // This isn't really a bullet-proof check because the lightbox could
-      // be open while we're viewing a regular media message
-      if (!isLightboxOpen()) {
-        log.info('displayTapToViewMessage: lightbox was already closed');
-        return;
+    const close = (): void => {
+      try {
+        this.stopListening(message);
+        closeLightbox();
+      } finally {
+        deleteTempFile(tempPath);
       }
+    };
 
-      this.stopListening(message);
-      closeLightbox();
-
-      await deleteTempFile(tempPath);
-    });
+    this.listenTo(message, 'expired', close);
     this.listenTo(message, 'change', () => {
       showLightbox(getProps());
     });
@@ -1917,9 +1908,7 @@ export class ConversationView extends window.Backbone.View<ConversationModel> {
       const { path, contentType } = tempAttachment;
 
       return {
-        close: () => {
-          closeLightbox();
-        },
+        close,
         i18n: window.i18n,
         media: [
           {