diff --git a/src/Commands/Branch.cs b/src/Commands/Branch.cs
index 30e216e4..4ec8da82 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Branch.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/Branch.cs
@@ -48,31 +48,19 @@
             var cmd = new Command();
             cmd.WorkingDirectory = repo;
             cmd.Context = repo;
-            cmd.SSHKey = new Config(repo).Get($"remote.{remote}.sshkey");
-            cmd.Args = $"push {remote} --delete {name}";
-            return cmd.Exec();
-        }
 
-        public static bool DeleteRemoteTracking(string repo, string name)
-        {
-            var cmd = new Command();
-            cmd.WorkingDirectory = repo;
-            cmd.Context = repo;
-            cmd.Args = $"branch -D -r {name}";
-            return cmd.Exec();
-        }
+            bool exists = new Remote(repo).HasBranch(remote, name);
+            if (exists)
+            {
+                cmd.SSHKey = new Config(repo).Get($"remote.{remote}.sshkey");
+                cmd.Args = $"push {remote} --delete {name}";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                cmd.Args = $"branch -D -r {remote}/{name}";
+            }
 
-        public static bool HasRemote(string repo, string remote, string name)
-        {
-            var cmd = new Command();
-            cmd.WorkingDirectory = repo;
-            cmd.Context = repo;
-            cmd.SSHKey = new Config(repo).Get($"remote.{remote}.sshkey");
-            cmd.Args = $"ls-remote {remote} {name}";
-            
-            var rs = cmd.ReadToEnd();
-            
-            return rs.StdOut.Length > 0;
+            return cmd.Exec();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Commands/Remote.cs b/src/Commands/Remote.cs
index f2e8d09e..beaf412b 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Remote.cs
+++ b/src/Commands/Remote.cs
@@ -45,5 +45,14 @@
             Args = "remote set-url" + (isPush ? " --push " : " ") + $"{name} {url}";
             return Exec();
         }
+
+        public bool HasBranch(string remote, string branch)
+        {
+            SSHKey = new Config(WorkingDirectory).Get($"remote.{remote}.sshkey");
+            Args = $"ls-remote {remote} {branch}";
+
+            var rs = ReadToEnd();
+            return rs.IsSuccess && rs.StdOut.Trim().Length > 0;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/DeleteBranch.cs b/src/ViewModels/DeleteBranch.cs
index 27e60bbd..e7136a0d 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/DeleteBranch.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/DeleteBranch.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 {
@@ -57,34 +56,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
                     if (_alsoDeleteTrackingRemote && TrackingRemoteBranch != null)
                     {
-
-                        if (Commands.Branch.HasRemote(_repo.FullPath, TrackingRemoteBranch.Remote, TrackingRemoteBranch.Name))
-                        {
-                            SetProgressDescription("Deleting remote-tracking branch and remote branch...");
-
-                            Commands.Branch.DeleteRemote(_repo.FullPath, TrackingRemoteBranch.Remote, TrackingRemoteBranch.Name);
-                        } 
-                        else
-                        {
-                            SetProgressDescription("Deleting remote-tracking branch...");
-
-                            var remoteTrackingBranch = $"{TrackingRemoteBranch.Remote}/{TrackingRemoteBranch.Name}";
-
-                            Commands.Branch.DeleteRemoteTracking(_repo.FullPath, remoteTrackingBranch);
-                        }
-
+                        SetProgressDescription("Deleting remote-tracking branch...");
+                        Commands.Branch.DeleteRemote(_repo.FullPath, TrackingRemoteBranch.Remote, TrackingRemoteBranch.Name);
                     }
                 }
-                else if(!Commands.Branch.HasRemote(_repo.FullPath, Target.Remote, Target.Name))
+                else
                 {
-                    SetProgressDescription("Remote branch not found. Deleting remote-tracking branch...");
-                    var remoteTrackingBranch = $"{Target.Remote}/{Target.Name}";
-
-                    Commands.Branch.DeleteRemoteTracking(_repo.FullPath, remoteTrackingBranch);
-                }
-                else 
-                {
-                    SetProgressDescription("Deleting remote-tracking branch...");
                     Commands.Branch.DeleteRemote(_repo.FullPath, Target.Remote, Target.Name);
                 }