diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Item.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Item.java
index 4a01b63f56..06ff58f78a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Item.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Item.java
@@ -1697,22 +1697,22 @@ public class Item extends DSpaceObject
          ** and the DB transaction will fail.
          ** Any fix would involve too much work on Browse code that
          ** is likely to be replaced soon anyway.   --lcs, Aug 2006
+         **
+         ** NB Do not check to see if the item is archived - withdrawn /
+         ** non-archived items may still be tracked in some browse tables
+         ** for administrative purposes, and these need to be removed.
          **/
-        if (isArchived())
-        {
 //        	 FIXME: there is an exception handling problem here
-            try
-            {
+        try
+        {
 //            	 Remove from indicies
-            	IndexBrowse ib = new IndexBrowse(ourContext);
-            	ib.itemRemoved(this);
-            }
-            catch (BrowseException e)
-            {
-            	log.error("caught exception: ", e);
-            	throw new SQLException(e.getMessage());
-            }
-            
+            IndexBrowse ib = new IndexBrowse(ourContext);
+            ib.itemRemoved(this);
+        }
+        catch (BrowseException e)
+        {
+            log.error("caught exception: ", e);
+            throw new SQLException(e.getMessage());
         }
 
         // Delete the Dublin Core