diff --git a/html/admin/js/collections/arangoCollections.js b/html/admin/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
index 1c7adffd64..50f8b9de97 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ window.arangoCollections = Backbone.Collection.extend({
         return result;
       },
 
+      getByName: function (name) {
+        // some clumsy replacement for collection.findWhere()
+        var i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < this.models.length; ++i) {
+          if (this.models[i].get('name') === name) {
+            return this.models[i];
+          }
+        }
+        return undefined;
+      },
+
       getProperties: function (id) {
         var data2;
         $.ajax({
@@ -213,6 +225,7 @@ window.arangoCollections = Backbone.Collection.extend({
       },
       deleteCollection: function (id) {
         var returnval = false;
+        var self = this;
         $.ajax({
           cache: false,
           type: 'DELETE',
@@ -220,6 +233,8 @@ window.arangoCollections = Backbone.Collection.extend({
           async: false,
           success: function () {
             returnval = true;
+            self.remove(self.getByName(id));
+            window.collectionsView.render();
           },
           error: function () {
             returnval = false;
diff --git a/html/admin/js/views/collectionView.js b/html/admin/js/views/collectionView.js
index 028cab3707..c6da8ce46f 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/views/collectionView.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/views/collectionView.js
@@ -135,14 +135,12 @@ var collectionView = Backbone.View.extend({
     var collName = self.myCollection.name;
     var returnval = window.arangoCollectionsStore.deleteCollection(collName);
     if (returnval === true) {
-      self.hideModal();
       arangoHelper.arangoNotification('Collection deleted successfully.');
-      window.App.navigate("#");
     }
     else {
       arangoHelper.arangoError('Could not delete collection.');
-      self.hideModal();
     }
+    self.hideModal();
   }
 
 });
diff --git a/html/admin/js/views/collectionsView.js b/html/admin/js/views/collectionsView.js
index 446f97d1e8..d5f455dda2 100644
--- a/html/admin/js/views/collectionsView.js
+++ b/html/admin/js/views/collectionsView.js
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ var collectionsView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     // search executed
     this.search();
-  },
-
-  details: function () {
   }
 
 });