diff --git a/server/channels/store/sqlstore/channel_bookmark_store.go b/server/channels/store/sqlstore/channel_bookmark_store.go
index 47c9126871..f0a7a5baa7 100644
--- a/server/channels/store/sqlstore/channel_bookmark_store.go
+++ b/server/channels/store/sqlstore/channel_bookmark_store.go
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ func (s *SqlChannelBookmarkStore) Delete(bookmarkId string, deleteFile bool) err
 			From("ChannelBookmarks").
 			Where(sq.And{
 				sq.Eq{"Id": bookmarkId},
-				sq.Eq{"DeleteAt": 0},
 			})
 
 		fileQuery, fileArgs, fileErr := s.getQueryBuilder().
diff --git a/server/channels/store/storetest/channel_bookmark.go b/server/channels/store/storetest/channel_bookmark.go
index 03e35a2007..221e74e61a 100644
--- a/server/channels/store/storetest/channel_bookmark.go
+++ b/server/channels/store/storetest/channel_bookmark.go
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ func testDeleteChannelBookmark(t *testing.T, rctx request.CTX, ss store.Store) {
 		err = ss.ChannelBookmark().Delete(bookmark2.Id, true)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+		_, err = ss.FileInfo().Get(file.Id)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		var nfErr *store.ErrNotFound
+		assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &nfErr)
+
 		bookmarks, err := ss.ChannelBookmark().GetBookmarksForChannelSince(channelId, now)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, bookmarks, 2) // we have two as the deleted record also gets returned for sync'ing purposes