diff --git a/autotests/krecursivefilterproxymodeltest.cpp b/autotests/krecursivefilterproxymodeltest.cpp
index 85dbdfa..69edac5 100644
--- a/autotests/krecursivefilterproxymodeltest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/krecursivefilterproxymodeltest.cpp
@@ -551,9 +551,11 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
         const QStringList remove1_1_1 = (QStringList() << QStringLiteral("rowsAboutToBeRemoved(1.1.1)") << QStringLiteral("rowsRemoved(1.1.1)"));
 
-        QTest::newRow("toplevel") << "[1*]" << "[1*]" << "1" << ""
+        QTest::newRow("toplevel") << "[1* 2* 3*]" << "[1* 2* 3*]" << "1" << "[2* 3*]"
                                   << (QStringList() << QStringLiteral("rowsAboutToBeRemoved(1)") << QStringLiteral("rowsRemoved(1)"));
 
+        QTest::newRow("remove_hidden") << "[1 2* 3*]" << "[2* 3*]" << "1" << "[2* 3*]" << QStringList();
+
         QTest::newRow("parent_hidden") << "[1[1.1[1.1.1]]]" << "" << "1.1.1" << "" << QStringList();
 
         QTest::newRow("child_hidden") << "[1[1.1*[1.1.1]]]" << "[1[1.1*]]" << "1.1.1" << "[1[1.1*]]" << QStringList();
diff --git a/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp b/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
index 10632ec..f6ae609 100644
--- a/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/krecursivefilterproxymodel.cpp
@@ -230,21 +230,6 @@ void KRecursiveFilterProxyModelPrivate::sourceRowsInserted(const QModelIndex &so
 
 void KRecursiveFilterProxyModelPrivate::sourceRowsAboutToBeRemoved(const QModelIndex &source_parent, int start, int end)
 {
-    Q_Q(KRecursiveFilterProxyModel);
-
-    bool accepted = false;
-    for (int row = start; row <= end; ++row) {
-        if (q->filterAcceptsRow(row, source_parent)) {
-            accepted = true;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    if (!accepted) {
-        // All removed rows are already filtered out. We don't care about the signal.
-        ignoreRemove = true;
-        return;
-    }
-
     invokeRowsAboutToBeRemoved(source_parent, start, end);
 }
 
@@ -252,11 +237,6 @@ void KRecursiveFilterProxyModelPrivate::sourceRowsRemoved(const QModelIndex &sou
 {
     Q_Q(KRecursiveFilterProxyModel);
 
-    if (ignoreRemove) {
-        ignoreRemove = false;
-        return;
-    }
-
     invokeRowsRemoved(source_parent, start, end);
 
     // Find out if removing this visible row means that some ascendant