diff --git a/src/app/bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.ts b/src/app/bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.ts
index cdc905d456..b77d2151a9 100644
--- a/src/app/bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.ts
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ export class EditBitstreamPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       bundle$ = completedBundleRd$.pipe(
         map((bundleRd: RemoteData<Bundle>) => {
           if (bundleRd.hasSucceeded) {
-            return bundleRd.payload
+            return bundleRd.payload;
           } else {
             return this.bundle;
           }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.spec.ts
index 93e9882d04..00d6d7f03c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { Bundle } from '../shared/bundle.model';
 import { getTestScheduler } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
-fdescribe('PrimaryBitstreamService', () => {
+describe('PrimaryBitstreamService', () => {
   let service: PrimaryBitstreamService;
   let objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   let requestService: RequestService;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fdescribe('PrimaryBitstreamService', () => {
 
   describe('getHttpOptions', () => {
     it('should return a HttpOptions object with text/url-list Context-Type header', () => {
-      const result = (service as any).getHttpOptions()
+      const result = (service as any).getHttpOptions();
       expect(result.headers.get('Content-Type')).toEqual('text/uri-list');
     });
   });
@@ -118,9 +118,20 @@ fdescribe('PrimaryBitstreamService', () => {
     });
   });
   describe('delete', () => {
+    const testBundle = Object.assign(new Bundle(), {
+      _links: {
+        self: {
+          href: 'test-href'
+        },
+        primaryBitstream: {
+          href: 'test-primaryBitstream-href'
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     describe('when the delete request succeeds', () => {
       const testResult = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(new Bundle());
-      const bundleServiceResult = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(bundle);
+      const bundleServiceResult = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(testBundle);
 
       beforeEach(() => {
         spyOn((service as any), 'createAndSendRequest').and.returnValue(observableOf(testResult));
@@ -128,30 +139,42 @@ fdescribe('PrimaryBitstreamService', () => {
       });
 
       it('should delegate the call to createAndSendRequest', () => {
-        const result = service.delete(bundle);
-        getTestScheduler().expectObservable(result).toBe('(a|)', { a: testResult });
+        const result = service.delete(testBundle);
+        getTestScheduler().expectObservable(result).toBe('(a|)', { a: bundleServiceResult });
+
+        result.subscribe();
+
+        expect(bundleDataService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testBundle.self, false);
 
         expect((service as any).createAndSendRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
           DeleteRequest,
-          bundle._links.primaryBitstream.href,
+          testBundle._links.primaryBitstream.href,
         );
       });
     });
     describe('when the delete request fails', () => {
       const testResult = createFailedRemoteDataObject();
+      const bundleServiceResult = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(testBundle);
 
       beforeEach(() => {
         spyOn((service as any), 'createAndSendRequest').and.returnValue(observableOf(testResult));
+        (bundleDataService.findByHref as jasmine.Spy<any>).and.returnValue(observableOf(bundleServiceResult));
       });
 
-      it('should delegate the call to createAndSendRequest and retrieve the bundle from the rdbService', () => {
-        const result = service.delete(bundle);
-        getTestScheduler().expectObservable(result).toBe('(a|)', { a: bundle });
-
+      it('should delegate the call to createAndSendRequest and request the bundle from the bundleDataService', () => {
+        const result = service.delete(testBundle);
+        result.subscribe();
         expect((service as any).createAndSendRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
           DeleteRequest,
-          bundle._links.primaryBitstream.href,
+          testBundle._links.primaryBitstream.href,
         );
+        expect(bundleDataService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testBundle.self, true);
+
+      });
+
+      it('should delegate the call to createAndSendRequest and', () => {
+        const result = service.delete(bundle);
+        getTestScheduler().expectObservable(result).toBe('(a|)', { a: bundleServiceResult });
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.ts
index 5c1c3c52ac..646e8271e8 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/primary-bitstream.service.ts
@@ -122,11 +122,7 @@ export class PrimaryBitstreamService {
     ).pipe(
       getAllCompletedRemoteData(),
       switchMap((rd: RemoteData<NoContent>) => {
-        if (rd.hasSucceeded) {
-          return this.bundleDataService.findByHref(bundle.self, false);
-        } else {
-          return this.rdbService.buildSingle<Bundle>(bundle.self);
-        }
+        return this.bundleDataService.findByHref(bundle.self, rd.hasFailed);
       })
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/bundle.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/bundle.model.ts
index f37cd96545..36b7012e47 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/bundle.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/bundle.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';