diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
index 7356ae2cc4..d57b94b80a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// Is a no-op for already deleted items.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="item">The item to delete.</param>
-        public void Delete(TModel item)
+        /// <returns>false if no operation was performed</returns>
+        public bool Delete(TModel item)
         {
             using (ContextFactory.GetForWrite())
             {
@@ -289,10 +290,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 var foundModel = queryModel().Include(s => s.Files).ThenInclude(f => f.FileInfo).FirstOrDefault(s => s.ID == item.ID);
 
                 // Test for null since FirstOrDefault will return null if nothing is found
-                if (foundModel == null || foundModel.DeletePending) return;
+                if (foundModel == null || foundModel.DeletePending) return false;
 
                 if (ModelStore.Delete(foundModel))
                     Files.Dereference(foundModel.Files.Select(f => f.FileInfo).ToArray());
+                return true;
             }
         }