diff --git a/src/add-ons/mail_daemon/inbound_protocols/imap/imap_lib/IMAPHandler.cpp b/src/add-ons/mail_daemon/inbound_protocols/imap/imap_lib/IMAPHandler.cpp
index 15e0ab1af8..0fcbb454ce 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/mail_daemon/inbound_protocols/imap/imap_lib/IMAPHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/mail_daemon/inbound_protocols/imap/imap_lib/IMAPHandler.cpp
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ FetchMinMessageCommand::Handle(const BString& response)
 	if (!ParseMinMessage(extracted, minMessage))
 		return false;
 
-	if ((minMessage.flags & kDeleted) != 0)
-		return true;
-
 	fMinMessageList->push_back(minMessage);
 	fStorage.AddNewMessage(minMessage.uid, minMessage.flags, fData);
 	return true;
@@ -294,9 +291,6 @@ FetchMessageListCommand::Handle(const BString& response)
 	if (!FetchMinMessageCommand::ParseMinMessage(extracted, minMessage))
 		return false;
 
-	if ((minMessage.flags & kDeleted) != 0)
-		return true;
-
 	fMinMessageList->push_back(minMessage);
 	return true;
 }