diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
index ef6c6ec745..33e99c40c9 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.js
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ var ScholarPane = new function()
 	{
 		if(itemsView && itemsView.selection.count > 0)
 		{
+			if (itemsView._itemGroup.isCollection()){
+				var noPrompt = true;
+			}
+			// Do nothing in search view
+			else if (itemsView._itemGroup.isSearch()){
+				return;
+			}
+			
 			var eraseChildren = {value: true};
 			var promptService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/prompt-service;1"]
                     						.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPromptService);
@@ -284,8 +292,8 @@ var ScholarPane = new function()
 						}
 				}
 			}
-
-			if (promptService.confirmCheck(
+			
+			if (noPrompt || promptService.confirmCheck(
 				window,
 				Scholar.getString('pane.items.delete.title'),
 				Scholar.getString('pane.items.delete' + (itemsView.selection.count>1 ? '.multiple' : '')),
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/itemTreeView.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
index 254bec6585..4309b41729 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ Scholar.ItemTreeView.prototype.deleteSelection = function(eraseChildren)
 	this._treebox.beginUpdateBatch();
 	for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
 	{
-		if(this._itemGroup.isLibrary() || !items[i].isRegularItem()) //erase item from DB
+		if(this._itemGroup.isLibrary()) //erase item from DB
 			items[i].ref.erase(eraseChildren);
 		else if(this._itemGroup.isCollection())
 			this._itemGroup.ref.removeItem(items[i].ref.getID());