diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 7b0ff2ce6b..e238280fc8 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				$datarray = get_atom_elements($feed,$item);
+
 				if($contact['network'] === 'stat') {
 					if(strlen($datarray['title']))
 						unset($datarray['title']);
@@ -1167,6 +1168,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0) {
 					);
 					$datarray['last-child'] = 1;
 				}
+
 				if(($contact['network'] === 'feed') || (! strlen($contact['notify']))) {
 					// one way feed - no remote comment ability
 					$datarray['last-child'] = 0;
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 7236a200d5..83f73140bd 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			if($orig_record[0]['network'] === 'dfrn') {
+				require_once('include/items.php');
+				dfrn_deliver($a->user,$orig_record[0],'placeholder', 1);
+			}
+
+
 			contact_remove($contact_id);
 			notice( t('Contact has been removed.') . EOL );
 			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts');
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 6c3ae022b2..f581702d8e 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 	logger('dfrn_notify: received notify from ' . $importer['name'] . ' for ' . $importer['username']);
 	logger('dfrn_notify: data: ' . $data, LOGGER_DATA);
 
+	if($dissolve == 1) {
+
+		/**
+		 * Relationship is dissolved permanently
+		 */
+
+		require_once('include/Contact.php'); 
+		contact_remove($importer['id']);
+		logger('relationship dissolved : ' . $importer['name'] . ' dissolved ' . $importer['username']);
+		xml_status(0);
+
+	}
+
 	if(strlen($key)) {
 		$rawkey = hex2bin(trim($key));
 		logger('rino: md5 raw key: ' . md5($rawkey));
@@ -94,17 +107,6 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 
 
 
-	if($dissolve == 1) {
-
-		/**
-		 * Relationship is dissolved permanently
-		 */
- 
-		contact_remove($importer['id']);
-		logger('relationship dissolved : ' . $importer['name'] . ' dissolved ' . $importer['username']);
-		xml_status(0);
-
-	}
 
 	if($importer['readonly']) {
 		// We aren't receiving stuff from this person. But we will quietly ignore them