diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
index aa098a1dc..742bec46d 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
@@ -1668,14 +1668,14 @@ void RsGenExchange::updateGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsGrpItem* grpItem)
 #endif
 }
 
-void RsGenExchange::deleteGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsGrpItem* grpItem)
+void RsGenExchange::deleteGroup(uint32_t& token, const RsGxsGroupId& grpId)
 {
-					RS_STACK_MUTEX(mGenMtx) ;
+	RS_STACK_MUTEX(mGenMtx) ;
 	token = mDataAccess->generatePublicToken();
-	mGroupDeletePublish.push_back(GroupDeletePublish(grpItem, token));
+	mGroupDeletePublish.push_back(GroupDeletePublish(grpId, token));
 
 #ifdef GEN_EXCH_DEBUG
-    std::cerr << "RsGenExchange::deleteGroup() token: " << token;
+	std::cerr << "RsGenExchange::deleteGroup() token: " << token;
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
 #endif
 }
@@ -2319,14 +2319,10 @@ void RsGenExchange::processGroupDelete()
 	std::vector<GroupDeletePublish>::iterator vit = mGroupDeletePublish.begin();
 	for(; vit != mGroupDeletePublish.end(); ++vit)
 	{
-		GroupDeletePublish& gdp = *vit;
-		uint32_t token = gdp.mToken;
-		const RsGxsGroupId& groupId = gdp.grpItem->meta.mGroupId;
 		std::vector<RsGxsGroupId> gprIds;
-		gprIds.push_back(groupId);
+		gprIds.push_back(vit->mGroupId);
 		mDataStore->removeGroups(gprIds);
-		toNotify.insert(std::make_pair(
-		                  token, GrpNote(true, groupId)));
+		toNotify.insert(std::make_pair( vit->mToken, GrpNote(true, vit->mGroupId)));
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
index 87b2344e8..21ea4365c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ protected:
      * @param token
      * @param grpItem
      */
-    void deleteGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsGrpItem* grpItem);
+    void deleteGroup(uint32_t& token, const RsGxsGroupId &grpId);
 
 public:
     /*!
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsutil.h b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsutil.h
index fdcc96246..a47b981d3 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsutil.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsutil.h
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ public:
 class GroupDeletePublish
 {
 public:
-        GroupDeletePublish(RsGxsGrpItem* item, uint32_t token)
-            : grpItem(item), mToken(token) {}
-	RsGxsGrpItem* grpItem;
+        GroupDeletePublish(const RsGxsGroupId& grpId, uint32_t token)
+            : mGroupId(grpId), mToken(token) {}
+	RsGxsGroupId mGroupId;
 	uint32_t mToken;
 };
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
index a81d9ccf9..db803abdc 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
@@ -1433,17 +1433,14 @@ bool p3IdService::updateGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsIdGroup &group)
 
 bool 	p3IdService::deleteGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsIdGroup &group)
 {
-    RsGxsId id = RsGxsId(group.mMeta.mGroupId.toStdString());
-    RsGxsIdGroupItem* item = new RsGxsIdGroupItem();
-
-    item->fromGxsIdGroup(group,false) ;
+    RsGxsId id(group.mMeta.mGroupId);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_IDS
     std::cerr << "p3IdService::deleteGroup() Deleting RsGxsId: " << id;
     std::cerr << std::endl;
 #endif
 
-    RsGenExchange::deleteGroup(token, item);
+    RsGenExchange::deleteGroup(token,group.mMeta.mGroupId);
 
     // if its in the cache - clear it.
     {