diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
index a33e62c2c..200c17113 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
     public abstract void saveObject(T instance) throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, IntrospectionException ;
 
     /**
-     * Deletes the object with the unique id from the database
+     * Deletes the object with the unique id from the database. If the object does not exist, it will fail silently.
+     * Use {@link #objectExists(String)} if you need to know if the object is in the database beforehand.
      * @param instance - object instance
      */
     public abstract void deleteObject(T instance) throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, IntrospectionException ;
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
     public abstract void close();
 
     /**
-     * Attempts to delete the object with the uniqueId
+     * Attempts to delete the object with the uniqueId. If the object does not exist, it will fail silently.
+     * Use {@link #objectExists(String)} if you need to know if the object is in the database beforehand.
      * @param uniqueId - uniqueId of object
      * @since 1.1
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseHandler.java
index efa3a3ac5..caf4166b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/sql/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseHandler.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class SQLiteDatabaseHandler<T> extends SQLDatabaseHandler<T> {
         }
         Gson gson = getGson();
         String toStore = gson.toJson(instance);
-        processQueue.add(() -> {            
+        processQueue.add(() -> {
             try (PreparedStatement preparedStatement = getConnection().prepareStatement(getSqlConfig().getSaveObjectSQL())) {
                 preparedStatement.setString(1, toStore);
                 preparedStatement.setString(2, ((DataObject)instance).getUniqueId());
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ public class SQLiteDatabaseHandler<T> extends SQLDatabaseHandler<T> {
             try (PreparedStatement preparedStatement = getConnection().prepareStatement(getSqlConfig().getDeleteObjectSQL())) {
                 // UniqueId must *not* be placed in quotes
                 preparedStatement.setString(1, uniqueId);
-                int result = preparedStatement.executeUpdate();
-                if (result != 1) {
-                    throw new SQLException("Delete did not affect any rows!");
-                }
+                preparedStatement.executeUpdate();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 plugin.logError("Could not delete object " + dataObject.getCanonicalName() + " " + uniqueId + " " + e.getMessage());
             }