diff --git a/app/services/cart_service.rb b/app/services/cart_service.rb
index 029541f740..cc752542df 100644
--- a/app/services/cart_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/cart_service.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CartService
       loaded_variant = loaded_variants[variant_data[:variant_id].to_i]
 
       if loaded_variant.deleted?
-        remove_deleted_variant(loaded_variant)
+        order.contents.remove(loaded_variant)
         next
       end
 
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ class CartService
     end
   end
 
-  def remove_deleted_variant(variant)
-    line_item_for_variant(variant).andand.destroy
-  end
-
   def attempt_cart_add(variant, quantity, max_quantity = nil)
     quantity = quantity.to_i
     max_quantity = max_quantity.to_i if max_quantity