diff --git a/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/container_spec.js b/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/container_spec.js
index f9fcd5d8a8..e94b849d65 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/container_spec.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/spec/views/pages/container_spec.js
@@ -342,16 +342,11 @@ define(["jquery", "underscore", "underscore.string", "js/spec_helpers/create_sin
                         create_sinon.respondWithJson(requests, {});
 
                         // first request contains given component's id (to delete the component)
-                        expect(requests[requests.length - 3].url).toMatch(
+                        expect(requests[requests.length - 2].url).toMatch(
                             new RegExp("locator-component-" + GROUP_TO_TEST + (componentIndex + 1))
                         );
 
-                        // second request contains parent's id (to remove as child)
-                        expect(requests[requests.length - 2].url).toMatch(
-                            new RegExp("locator-group-" + GROUP_TO_TEST)
-                        );
-
-                        // third request if a fetch of the container.
+                        // second request if a fetch of the container.
                         expect(lastRequest().url).toMatch(
                             new RegExp("locator-container")
                         );
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js b/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
index 689da2a74a..cbb73727b0 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/pages/container.js
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ define(["jquery", "underscore", "gettext", "js/views/baseview", "js/views/contai
                     xblock = xblockView.xblock,
                     parent = this.findXBlockElement(xblockElement.parent());
                 xblockElement.remove();
-                xblockView.updateChildren(parent);
                 xblock.runtime.notify('deleted-child', parent.data('locator'));
                 // Update publish and last modified information from the server.
                 this.model.fetch();