diff --git a/addressbook/js/app.js b/addressbook/js/app.js
index 808d5fcc62..f609cc299a 100644
--- a/addressbook/js/app.js
+++ b/addressbook/js/app.js
@@ -78,27 +78,6 @@ app.classes.addressbook = AppJS.extend(
 		});
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * Creat a dialog for delete action in edit popup window.
-	 *
-	 * @param _action
-	 * @param _senders
-	 *
-	 */
-	delete_contact: function(_action, _senders)
-	{
-		var that = this;
-		var buttonId = _senders.id;
-		var callbackDeleteDialog = function (button_id)
-		{
-			if (button_id == et2_dialog.YES_BUTTON )
-			{
-				that.et2._inst.submit(buttonId);
-			}
-		}
-		et2_dialog.show_dialog(callbackDeleteDialog, this.egw.lang("Do you really want to delete this contact?"),this.egw.lang("Delete"), {},et2_dialog.BUTTONS_YES_NO_CANCEL, et2_dialog.WARNING_MESSAGE);
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * Add appointment or show calendar for selected contacts, call default nm_action after some checks
 	 *
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
index e27a808725..608ce46cbf 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
 						<button label="Apply" id="button[apply]" class="button_apply" image="apply" background_image="1"/>
 						<button label="Cancel" id="button[cancel]" class="button_cancel" onclick="if($cont[view] || false) return true; self.close(); return false;" image="cancel" background_image="1"/>
 						<checkbox statustext="Apply changes to all members, whose fields have the same previous content" label="change all organisation members" id="change_org" span="all"/>
-						<button align="left" label="Delete" id="button[delete]" class="button_delete" onclick="app.addressbook.delete_contact" tabindex="25" image="delete" background_image="1"/>
+						<button align="left" label="Delete" id="button[delete]" class="button_delete" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Do you really want to delete this contact?','Delete')" tabindex="25" image="delete" background_image="1"/>
 					</hbox>
 
 				</row>
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/email.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/email.xet
index b86b96244e..bbe8990eeb 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/email.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/email.xet
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 					</box>
 					<hbox options="0" class="noPrint">
 						<button label="Edit" id="edit[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="window.open(egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=addressbook.addressbook_ui.edit&amp;contact_id=$row_cont[id]'),'_blank','dependent=yes,width=850,height=440,scrollbars=yes,status=yes'); return false;" image="edit"/>
-						<button statustext="Delete this contact" label="Delete" id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="return confirm('Delete this contact');" image="delete"/>
+						<button statustext="Delete this contact" label="Delete" id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Delete this contact','Delete')" image="delete"/>
 						<checkbox align="right" statustext="Select multiple contacts for a further action" id="checked[]" options="$row_cont[id]"/>
 					</hbox>
 				</row>
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/index.org_rows.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/index.org_rows.xet
index 1a46d54468..80e2024401 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/index.org_rows.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/index.org_rows.xet
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 					<hbox options="0" class="noPrint" orient="0">
 						<button image="view" label="View" id="view[$row_cont[id]]" statustext="Show the contacts of this organisation"/>
 						<button image="new" label="Add" onclick="window.open(egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=addressbook.addressbook_ui.edit&amp;org=$row_cont[id]'),'_blank','dependent=yes,width=850,height=440,scrollbars=yes,status=yes'); return false;" id="add[$row_cont[id]]" statustext="Add a contact to this organisation"/>
-						<button id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" image="delete" label="Delete" statustext="Delete this organisation including ALL its contacts" onclick="return confirm('Delete this organisation including ALL its contacts');"/>
+						<button id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" image="delete" label="Delete" statustext="Delete this organisation including ALL its contacts" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Delete this organisation including ALL its contacts','Delete');"/>
 						<button image="infolog" label="InfoLog" id="infolog[$row_cont[id]]" statustext="Show InfoLog entries for this organisation"/>
 						<checkbox id="checked[]" options="$row_cont[id]" statustext="Select multiple contacts for a further action" align="right"/>
 					</hbox>
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
index 5ae18322d9..7777f433f6 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/index.xet
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 						<hbox>
 							<image label="View" src="view" href="addressbook.addressbook_ui.view&amp;contact_id=$row_cont[id]"/>
 							<button label="Edit" id="edit[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="window.open(egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=addressbook.addressbook_ui.edit&amp;contact_id=$row_cont[id]'),'_blank','dependent=yes,width=870,height=460,scrollbars=yes,status=yes'); return false;" image="edit"/>
-							<button statustext="Delete this contact" label="Delete" id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="return confirm('Delete this contact');" image="delete"/>
+							<button statustext="Delete this contact" label="Delete" id="delete[$row_cont[id]]" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Delete this contact','Delete')" image="delete"/>
 							<checkbox align="right" statustext="Select multiple contacts for a further action" id="checked[]" options="$row_cont[id]"/>
 						</hbox>
 						<hbox>
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/search.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/search.xet
index 8b48e5328b..b58c0517e1 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/search.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/search.xet
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 						<button label="Apply" image="appy" background_image="1" id="button[apply]"/>
 						<button label="Cancel" image="cancel" background_image="1" id="button[cancel]" onclick="if($cont[view]0) return true; self.close(); return false;"/>
 					</hbox>
-					<button label="Delete" id="button[delete]" onclick="return confirm('Are you shure you want to delete this contact?');" align="right" tabindex="25"/>
+					<button label="Delete" id="button[delete]" onclick="et2_dialog.confirm(widget,'Are you shure you want to delete this contact?','Delete');" align="right" tabindex="25"/>
 				</row>
 			</rows>
 		</grid>