diff --git a/src/api-umbrella/admin-ui/app/mixins/save.js b/src/api-umbrella/admin-ui/app/mixins/save.js
index ba435ca60..c5c6c4a1f 100644
--- a/src/api-umbrella/admin-ui/app/mixins/save.js
+++ b/src/api-umbrella/admin-ui/app/mixins/save.js
@@ -71,16 +71,17 @@ export default Mixin.create({
   destroyRecord(options) {
     bootbox.confirm(options.prompt, (result) => {
       if(result) {
-        this.model.destroyRecord().then(() => {
-          success({
-            title: 'Deleted',
-            text: (isFunction(options.message)) ? options.message(this.model) : options.message,
-            textTrusted: true,
+        const message = (isFunction(options.message)) ? options.message(this.model) : options.message;
+        this.router.transitionTo(options.transitionToRoute).then(() => {
+          this.model.destroyRecord().then(() => {
+            success({
+              title: 'Deleted',
+              text: message,
+              textTrusted: true,
+            });
+          }, function(response) {
+            bootbox.alert('Unexpected error deleting record: ' + response.responseText);
           });
-
-          this.router.transitionTo(options.transitionToRoute);
-        }, function(response) {
-          bootbox.alert('Unexpected error deleting record: ' + response.responseText);
         });
       }
     });
diff --git a/test/admin_ui/test_admin_groups.rb b/test/admin_ui/test_admin_groups.rb
index 9c56762c7..6e24d9c40 100644
--- a/test/admin_ui/test_admin_groups.rb
+++ b/test/admin_ui/test_admin_groups.rb
@@ -71,4 +71,20 @@ def test_update
       "backend_manage",
     ].sort, admin_group.permission_ids.sort)
   end
+
+  def test_delete_shows_success_notification_and_no_error
+    admin_group = FactoryBot.create(:admin_group, :name => "Delete Me Group")
+
+    admin_login
+    visit "/admin/#/admin_groups/#{admin_group.id}/edit"
+    assert_field("Group Name", :with => "Delete Me Group")
+
+    find("a.remove-action", :text => /Delete Admin Group/).click
+    click_button("OK")
+
+    assert_text("Successfully deleted")
+    refute_text("Unexpected error deleting record")
+
+    assert_nil(AdminGroup.where(:id => admin_group.id).first)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/admin_ui/test_apis.rb b/test/admin_ui/test_apis.rb
index b53f92659..5bcc8533a 100644
--- a/test/admin_ui/test_apis.rb
+++ b/test/admin_ui/test_apis.rb
@@ -432,4 +432,24 @@ def test_nested_select_menu_behavior_inside_modals
       assert_select("HTTP Method", :selected => "OPTIONS")
     end
   end
+
+  def test_delete_shows_success_notification_and_no_error
+    api = FactoryBot.create(:api_backend, :name => "Delete Me API")
+
+    admin_login
+    visit "/admin/#/apis/#{api.id}/edit"
+    assert_field("Name", :with => "Delete Me API")
+
+    # Click the "Delete API" link in the form, then confirm in the bootbox.
+    find("a.remove-action", :text => /Delete API/).click
+    click_button("OK")
+
+    # The success pnotify must appear...
+    assert_text("Successfully deleted")
+    # ...and the misleading error alert must NOT.
+    refute_text("Unexpected error deleting record")
+
+    # And the record must actually be gone.
+    assert_nil(ApiBackend.where(:id => api.id).first)
+  end
 end