diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/Flow.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/Flow.tsx
index df233f4a18..75983b1617 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/Flow.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/Flow.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   edgesChanged,
   nodesChanged,
   redo,
-  selectionDeleted,
   undo,
 } from 'features/nodes/store/nodesSlice';
 import { $flow } from 'features/nodes/store/reactFlowInstance';
@@ -263,8 +262,22 @@ export const Flow = memo(() => {
   useHotkeys('esc', onEscapeHotkey);
 
   const onDeleteHotkey = useCallback(() => {
-    dispatch(selectionDeleted());
-  }, [dispatch]);
+    const { nodes, edges } = store.getState().nodes.present;
+    const nodeChanges: NodeChange[] = [];
+    const edgeChanges: EdgeChange[] = [];
+    nodes
+      .filter((n) => n.selected)
+      .forEach(({ id }) => {
+        nodeChanges.push({ type: 'remove', id });
+      });
+    edges
+      .filter((e) => e.selected)
+      .forEach(({ id }) => {
+        edgeChanges.push({ type: 'remove', id });
+      });
+    dispatch(nodesChanged(nodeChanges));
+    dispatch(edgesChanged(edgeChanges));
+  }, [dispatch, store]);
   useHotkeys(['delete', 'backspace'], onDeleteHotkey);
 
   return (
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
index 416d7065bb..70ac801009 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
@@ -347,23 +347,6 @@ export const nodesSlice = createSlice({
       state.nodes = [];
       state.edges = [];
     },
-    selectionDeleted: (state) => {
-      const selectedNodes = state.nodes.filter((n) => n.selected);
-      const selectedEdges = state.edges.filter((e) => e.selected);
-
-      const nodeChanges: NodeChange[] = selectedNodes.map((n) => ({
-        id: n.id,
-        type: 'remove',
-      }));
-
-      const edgeChanges: EdgeChange[] = selectedEdges.map((e) => ({
-        id: e.id,
-        type: 'remove',
-      }));
-
-      state.nodes = applyNodeChanges(nodeChanges, state.nodes);
-      state.edges = applyEdgeChanges(edgeChanges, state.edges);
-    },
     undo: (state) => state,
     redo: (state) => state,
   },
@@ -414,7 +397,6 @@ export const {
   nodesChanged,
   nodeUseCacheChanged,
   notesNodeValueChanged,
-  selectionDeleted,
   undo,
   redo,
 } = nodesSlice.actions;
@@ -530,6 +512,5 @@ export const isAnyNodeOrEdgeMutation = isAnyOf(
   nodeLabelChanged,
   nodeNotesChanged,
   nodeUseCacheChanged,
-  notesNodeValueChanged,
-  selectionDeleted
+  notesNodeValueChanged
 );