diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
index fdf356573..377b7e0fe 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
@@ -185,16 +185,9 @@ struct WebReaderContainerView: View {
     .alert("Are you sure?", isPresented: $showDeleteConfirmation) {
       Button("Remove Link", role: .destructive) {
         Snackbar.show(message: "Link removed")
-
+        dataService.removeLink(objectID: item.objectID, useViewContext: true)
         #if os(iOS)
-          let itemID = item.unwrappedID
-          dataService.viewContext.performAndWait {
-            item.remove(inContext: dataService.viewContext)
-          }
-          dataService.syncLinkDeletion(itemID: itemID, objectID: nil)
           presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
-        #else
-          dataService.removeLink(objectID: item.objectID)
         #endif
       }
       Button("Cancel", role: .cancel, action: {})
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/RemoveLink.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/RemoveLink.swift
index ee8184b4a..2df31817e 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/RemoveLink.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Mutations/RemoveLink.swift
@@ -4,22 +4,31 @@ import Models
 import SwiftGraphQL
 
 public extension DataService {
-  func removeLink(objectID: NSManagedObjectID) {
-    // Update CoreData
-    backgroundContext.perform { [weak self] in
-      guard let self = self else { return }
-      guard let linkedItem = self.backgroundContext.object(with: objectID) as? LinkedItem else { return }
-      linkedItem.remove(inContext: self.backgroundContext)
+  func removeLink(objectID: NSManagedObjectID, useViewContext: Bool = false) {
+    let context = useViewContext ? viewContext : backgroundContext
 
-      // Send update to server
-      self.syncLinkDeletion(itemID: linkedItem.unwrappedID, objectID: objectID)
+    // Update CoreData
+    context.performAndWait {
+      guard let linkedItem = context.object(with: objectID) as? LinkedItem else { return }
+      linkedItem.serverSyncStatus = Int64(ServerSyncStatus.needsDeletion.rawValue)
+
+      do {
+        try context.save()
+        logger.debug("LinkedItem succesfully marked for deletion")
+      } catch {
+        context.rollback()
+        logger.debug("Failed to mark LinkedItem for deletion: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Send update to server
+    backgroundContext.perform { [weak self] in
+      guard let linkedItem = self?.backgroundContext.object(with: objectID) as? LinkedItem else { return }
+      self?.syncLinkDeletion(itemID: linkedItem.unwrappedID, objectID: objectID)
     }
   }
 
-  // TODO: this doesn't really work since we usually delete from core data first
-  // and then sync the deletion with the server. So we have no way to recored a failed
-  // delete call to the server as it is now...
-  func syncLinkDeletion(itemID: String, objectID: NSManagedObjectID?) {
+  func syncLinkDeletion(itemID: String, objectID: NSManagedObjectID) {
     enum MutationResult {
       case success(linkId: String)
       case error(errorCode: Enums.SetBookmarkArticleErrorCode)
@@ -56,23 +65,21 @@ public extension DataService {
       let data = try? result.get()
       let isSyncSuccess = data != nil
 
-      if let objectID = objectID {
-        context.perform {
-          guard let linkedItem = context.object(with: objectID) as? LinkedItem else { return }
+      context.perform {
+        guard let linkedItem = context.object(with: objectID) as? LinkedItem else { return }
 
-          if isSyncSuccess {
-            linkedItem.remove(inContext: context)
-          } else {
-            linkedItem.serverSyncStatus = Int64(ServerSyncStatus.needsDeletion.rawValue)
-          }
+        if isSyncSuccess {
+          linkedItem.remove(inContext: context)
+        } else {
+          linkedItem.serverSyncStatus = Int64(ServerSyncStatus.needsDeletion.rawValue)
+        }
 
-          do {
-            try context.save()
-            logger.debug("LinkedItem deleted succesfully")
-          } catch {
-            context.rollback()
-            logger.debug("Failed to delete LinkedItem: \(error.localizedDescription)")
-          }
+        do {
+          try context.save()
+          logger.debug("LinkedItem deleted succesfully")
+        } catch {
+          context.rollback()
+          logger.debug("Failed to delete LinkedItem: \(error.localizedDescription)")
         }
       }
     }