diff --git a/src/converse-bookmarks.js b/src/converse-bookmarks.js
index 68c6f94b0..35f53b0b9 100644
--- a/src/converse-bookmarks.js
+++ b/src/converse-bookmarks.js
@@ -386,10 +386,6 @@
             });
 
             _converse.BookmarkView = Backbone.VDOMView.extend({
-                initialize () {
-                    this.model.on('destroy', this.remove.bind(this));
-                },
-
                 toHTML () {
                     return tpl_bookmark({
                         'hidden': _converse.hide_open_bookmarks &&
diff --git a/src/converse-muc.js b/src/converse-muc.js
index c5219b249..f6a1d15c5 100644
--- a/src/converse-muc.js
+++ b/src/converse-muc.js
@@ -2196,7 +2196,6 @@
                 tagName: 'li',
                 initialize () {
                     this.model.on('change', this.render, this);
-                    this.model.on('destroy', this.destroy, this);
                 },
 
                 toHTML () {
diff --git a/src/converse-rosterview.js b/src/converse-rosterview.js
index af8ff1336..60b9d8dba 100644
--- a/src/converse-rosterview.js
+++ b/src/converse-rosterview.js
@@ -609,8 +609,6 @@
                 },
 
                 onRemove (contact) {
-                    this.get(contact.get('id')).remove();
-                    this.remove(contact.get('id'));
                     if (this.model.contacts.length === 0) {
                         this.el.parentElement.removeChild(this.el);
                     }