diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_contacts.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_contacts.inc.php
index 78fa8f7b5a..2c919539b3 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_contacts.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.accounts_contacts.inc.php
@@ -99,14 +99,7 @@
 			global $phpgw, $phpgw_info;
 
 			$account_id = get_account_id($accountid);
-			$account_lid = $this->id2name($account_id);
-			$ds = $phpgw->common->ldapConnect();
-			$sri = ldap_search($ds, $phpgw_info['server']['ldap_context'], 'uid='.$account_lid);
-			$allValues = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sri);
-
-			if ($allValues[0]['dn']) {
-				$del = ldap_delete($ds, $allValues[0]['dn']);
-			}
+			$this->contacts->delete($account_id);
 
 			// Do this last since we are depending upon this record to get the account_lid above
 			$this->db->query('DELETE FROM phpgw_accounts WHERE account_id='.$account_id);