diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 77e535d3..584be82a 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -1682,7 +1682,6 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_rm(const char *org_path)
 	    || ntfs_allowed_dir_access(&security, org_path,
 				   S_IEXEC + S_IWRITE + S_ISVTX)) {
 #endif
-		set_archive(ni); /* even if deletion fails ! */
 		if (ntfs_delete(ctx->vol, org_path, ni, dir_ni,
 				 uname, uname_len))
 			res = -errno;
@@ -1714,8 +1713,6 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_rm_stream(const char *path, ntfschar *stream_name,
 	
 	if (ntfs_attr_remove(ni, AT_DATA, stream_name, stream_name_len))
 		res = -errno;
-	else
-		set_archive(ni);
 
 	if (ntfs_inode_close(ni))
 		set_fuse_error(&res);