diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffe2b7ab8..22a3658ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	* make files deleted alert non-discardable
 	* make built-in sha functions not conflict with libcrypto
 	* improve web seed hash failure case
 	* improve DHT lookup times
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp b/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
index 3d68ff2e0..c98c3f4fc 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/alert_types.hpp
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		const static int static_category = alert::storage_notification;
 		virtual std::string message() const
 		{ return torrent_alert::message() + " deleted"; }
+		virtual bool discardable() const { return false; }
 
 		sha1_hash info_hash;
 	};
@@ -737,6 +738,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			return torrent_alert::message() + " torrent deletion failed: "
 				+ error.message();
 		}
+		virtual bool discardable() const { return false; }
 
 		error_code error;
 
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index ba47daa64..d131a32cc 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -3591,13 +3591,11 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 		if (ret != 0)
 		{
-			if (alerts().should_post<torrent_delete_failed_alert>())
-				alerts().post_alert(torrent_delete_failed_alert(get_handle(), j.error));
+			alerts().post_alert(torrent_delete_failed_alert(get_handle(), j.error));
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if (alerts().should_post<torrent_deleted_alert>())
-				alerts().post_alert(torrent_deleted_alert(get_handle(), m_torrent_file->info_hash()));
+			alerts().post_alert(torrent_deleted_alert(get_handle(), m_torrent_file->info_hash()));
 		}
 	}