diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
index e886c9cac2..3a940a07fd 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/Newsletter.php
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class Newsletter {
     if($newsletter->type === NewsletterModel::TYPE_NOTIFICATION_HISTORY &&
        !$newsletter_contains_posts
     ) {
+      // delete notification history record since it will never be sent
+      $newsletter->delete();
       return false;
     }
     // extract and save newsletter posts
diff --git a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
index 6d4ab74386..891163922b 100644
--- a/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Models/SendingQueue.php
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ class SendingQueue extends Model {
     return $this;
   }
 
-  function delete() {
-    if($parent_newsletter = $this->newsletter()->findOne()) {
-      $parent_newsletter->delete();
-    };
-    return parent::delete();
-  }
-
   function getSubscribers() {
     if(!is_serialized($this->subscribers)) {
       return $this->subscribers;
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/NewsletterTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/NewsletterTest.php
index 3d7641062d..29fa39ffdd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/NewsletterTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/Tasks/NewsletterTest.php
@@ -74,15 +74,19 @@ class NewsletterTaskTest extends MailPoetTest {
       ->notContains('[mailpoet_open_data]');
   }
 
-  function testReturnsFalseWhenNewsletterIsANotificationWithoutPosts() {
+  function testItReturnsFalseAndDeletesNewsletterWhenPostNotificationContainsNoPostsn() {
     $newsletter = $this->newsletter;
 
     $newsletter->type = Newsletter::TYPE_NOTIFICATION_HISTORY;
     // replace post id data tag with something else
     $newsletter->body = str_replace('data-post-id', 'id', $newsletter->body);
     $newsletter->save();
+    // returned result is false
     $result = $this->newsletter_task->getAndPreProcess($this->queue);
     expect($result)->false();
+    // newsletter is deleted
+    $newsletter = Newsletter::findOne($newsletter->id);
+    expect($newsletter)->false();
   }
 
   function testItSavesNewsletterPosts() {
diff --git a/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php b/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 40e77eb875..0000000000
--- a/tests/unit/Models/SendingQueueTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
-use MailPoet\Models\SendingQueue;
-
-class SendingQueueModelTest extends MailPoetTest {
-  function _before() {
-    $this->newsletter = Newsletter::create();
-    $this->newsletter->type = Newsletter::TYPE_STANDARD;
-    $this->newsletter->save();
-    expect(Newsletter::findMany())->count(1);
-    $this->sending_queue = SendingQueue::create();
-    $this->sending_queue->newsletter_id = $this->newsletter->id;
-    $this->sending_queue->save();
-    expect(SendingQueue::findMany())->count(1);
-  }
-
-  function testItDeletesParentNewsletter() {
-    $this->sending_queue->delete();
-    expect(Newsletter::findMany())->count(0);
-    expect(SendingQueue::findMany())->count(0);
-  }
-
-  function _after() {
-    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Newsletter::$_table);
-    ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . SendingQueue::$_table);
-  }
-}
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