diff --git a/src/components/filebrowser/FileBrowser.vue b/src/components/filebrowser/FileBrowser.vue
index 4fe5071e..70397d84 100644
--- a/src/components/filebrowser/FileBrowser.vue
+++ b/src/components/filebrowser/FileBrowser.vue
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ onUnmounted(cleanupDrag)
           @pathchanged="pathChanged"
           @loading="loadingChanged"
           @refreshed="refreshPending = false"
-          @filedeleted="refreshPending = true"
           @renamed="refreshPending = true"
           @items-updated="fileListUpdated"
           @switch-tree="switchDirTree"
diff --git a/src/components/filebrowser/__tests__/FileBrowser.spec.ts b/src/components/filebrowser/__tests__/FileBrowser.spec.ts
index f3843375..03ba8dc8 100644
--- a/src/components/filebrowser/__tests__/FileBrowser.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/filebrowser/__tests__/FileBrowser.spec.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ const FileNavigatorStub = defineComponent({
 const FileListStub = defineComponent({
   name: 'FileList',
   props: ['refreshpending', 'sort', 'showTree'],
-  emits: ['items-updated', 'loading', 'pathchanged', 'refreshed', 'switch-tree'],
+  emits: ['items-updated', 'loading', 'pathchanged', 'refreshed', 'switch-tree', 'filedeleted'],
   template:
-    '<div><button class="emit-loading" @click="$emit(`loading`, 1)" /><button class="emit-tree" @click="$emit(`switch-tree`, true)" /></div>',
+    '<div><button class="emit-loading" @click="$emit(`loading`, 1)" /><button class="emit-tree" @click="$emit(`switch-tree`, true)" /><button class="emit-filedeleted" @click="$emit(`filedeleted`)" /></div>',
 })
 
 function createBrowserProps() {
@@ -266,6 +266,15 @@ describe('FileBrowser state and child contracts', () => {
     expect(wrapper.getComponent(FileListStub).props('refreshpending')).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('does not schedule a second list refresh after the child completes a delete', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountBrowser()
+
+    await wrapper.get('.emit-filedeleted').trigger('click')
+    await nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.getComponent(FileListStub).props('refreshpending')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('forwards the latest file list snapshot to the directory navigator', async () => {
     localStorage.setItem('fileBrowser.showDirTree', 'true')
     const wrapper = mountBrowser()