diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
index caf863b06d..b72e7627e0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ function delete_plugins($plugins, $redirect = '' ) {
 		return new WP_Error('could_not_remove_plugin', sprintf(__('Could not fully remove the plugin(s) %s'), implode(', ', $errors)) );
 
 	// Force refresh of plugin update information
-	delete_transient('update_plugins');
+	if ( $current = get_transient('update_plugins') ) { 
+		unset( $current->response[ $plugin_file ] );
+		set_transient('update_plugins', $current);
+	}
 
 	return true;
 }