diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
index b78d99d89..48040be69 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
@@ -941,12 +941,11 @@ public enum FetchType {
 	}
 
 	// Delete the articles associated with the given set of articleIDs
-	func delete(articleIDs: Set<String>, completion: DatabaseCompletionBlock? = nil) {
+	func delete(articleIDs: Set<String>) async throws {
 		guard !articleIDs.isEmpty else {
-			completion?(nil)
 			return
 		}
-		database.delete(articleIDs: articleIDs, completion: completion)
+		try await database.delete(articleIDs: articleIDs)
 	}
 	
 	/// Empty caches that can reasonably be emptied. Call when the app goes in the background, for instance.
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
index ea0c284f5..2433dc693 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate {
 
 		Task { @MainActor in
 			try? await self.database.deleteSelectedForProcessing(Array(deletableArticleIDs))
-			self.account?.delete(articleIDs: deletableArticleIDs) { _ in
-				completion()
-			}
+			try? await self.account?.delete(articleIDs: deletableArticleIDs)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ArticlesDatabase/Sources/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabaseCompatibility.swift b/ArticlesDatabase/Sources/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabaseCompatibility.swift
index e4e92a54d..ee648e638 100644
--- a/ArticlesDatabase/Sources/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabaseCompatibility.swift
+++ b/ArticlesDatabase/Sources/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabaseCompatibility.swift
@@ -56,19 +56,6 @@ public extension ArticlesDatabase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/// Delete articles
-	nonisolated func delete(articleIDs: Set<String>, completion: DatabaseCompletionBlock?) {
-
-		Task {
-			do {
-				try await delete(articleIDs: articleIDs)
-				callDatabaseCompletion(completion)
-			} catch {
-				callDatabaseCompletion(completion, .suspended)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// MARK: - Status
 
 	/// Fetch the articleIDs of unread articles.