diff --git a/admin/inc/class.customfields.inc.php b/admin/inc/class.customfields.inc.php
index 0e468c1c44..da6397b39b 100644
--- a/admin/inc/class.customfields.inc.php
+++ b/admin/inc/class.customfields.inc.php
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ class customfields
 	function delete_content_type(&$content)
 	{
 		unset($this->content_types[$content['content_types']['types']]);
+		unset($this->status[$content['content_types']['types']]);
 		// save changes to repository
 		$this->save_repository();
 	}