diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
index e8f7911b6e..0add78f3d7 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-bitstreams/item-bitstreams.component.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class ItemBitstreamsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent impleme
   submit() {
     const removedBitstreams$ = this.bitstreams$.pipe(
       toBitstreamsArray(),
-      switchMap((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdatesExclusive(this.url, bitstreams) as Observable<FieldUpdates>),
+      switchMap((bitstreams: Bitstream[]) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdates(this.url, bitstreams, true) as Observable<FieldUpdates>),
       map((fieldUpdates: FieldUpdates) => Object.values(fieldUpdates).filter((fieldUpdate: FieldUpdate) => fieldUpdate.changeType === FieldChangeType.REMOVE)),
       map((fieldUpdates: FieldUpdate[]) => fieldUpdates.map((fieldUpdate: FieldUpdate) => fieldUpdate.field)),
       isNotEmptyOperator()
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/object-updates/object-updates.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/object-updates/object-updates.service.ts
index 08745f9223..c93dbe5c6b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/object-updates/object-updates.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/object-updates/object-updates.service.ts
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ export class ObjectUpdatesService {
    * a FieldUpdates object
    * @param url The URL of the page for which the FieldUpdates should be requested
    * @param initialFields The initial values of the fields
+   * @param ignoreStates  Ignore the fieldStates to loop over the fieldUpdates instead
    */
-  getFieldUpdates(url: string, initialFields: Identifiable[]): Observable<FieldUpdates> {
+  getFieldUpdates(url: string, initialFields: Identifiable[], ignoreStates?: boolean): Observable<FieldUpdates> {
     const objectUpdates = this.getObjectEntry(url);
     return objectUpdates.pipe(map((objectEntry) => {
       const fieldUpdates: FieldUpdates = {};
-      Object.keys(objectEntry.fieldStates).forEach((uuid) => {
+      console.log(objectEntry);
+      Object.keys(ignoreStates ? objectEntry.fieldUpdates : objectEntry.fieldStates).forEach((uuid) => {
         let fieldUpdate = objectEntry.fieldUpdates[uuid];
         if (isEmpty(fieldUpdate)) {
           const identifiable = initialFields.find((object: Identifiable) => object.uuid === uuid);