diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.spec.ts
index a076473b0fe..8ffb471528c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.spec.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ describe('DeleteDataImpl', () => {
             method: RestRequestMethod.DELETE,
             href: 'some-href?copyVirtualMetadata=a&copyVirtualMetadata=b&copyVirtualMetadata=c',
           }));
+
+          const callback = (rdbService.buildFromRequestUUIDAndAwait as jasmine.Spy).calls.argsFor(0)[1];
+          callback();
+          expect(service.invalidateByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some-href');
+
           done();
         });
       });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.ts b/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.ts
index 807d9d838e9..26f9d1cc532 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/base/delete-data.ts
@@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ export class DeleteDataImpl<T extends CacheableObject> extends IdentifiableDataS
   deleteByHref(href: string, copyVirtualMetadata?: string[]): Observable<RemoteData<NoContent>> {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
 
+    let deleteHref: string = href;
     if (copyVirtualMetadata) {
       copyVirtualMetadata.forEach((id) =>
-        href += (href.includes('?') ? '&' : '?')
+        deleteHref += (deleteHref.includes('?') ? '&' : '?')
           + 'copyVirtualMetadata='
           + id,
       );
     }
 
-    const request = new DeleteRequest(requestId, href);
+    const request = new DeleteRequest(requestId, deleteHref);
     if (hasValue(this.responseMsToLive)) {
       request.responseMsToLive = this.responseMsToLive;
     }