diff --git a/src/calendarworker.cpp b/src/calendarworker.cpp
index 675bae0c..2f12c504 100644
--- a/src/calendarworker.cpp
+++ b/src/calendarworker.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void CalendarWorker::deleteEvent(const QString &uid, const KDateTime &recurrence
         event->setRevision(event->revision() + 1);
     } else {
         mCalendar->deleteEvent(event);
-        mExceptionEvents.append(QPair<QString, QDateTime>(uid, dateTime));
+        mDeletedEvents.append(QPair<QString, KDateTime>(uid, recurrenceId));
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void CalendarWorker::deleteAll(const QString &uid)
 
     mCalendar->deleteEventInstances(event);
     mCalendar->deleteEvent(event);
-    mDeletedEvents.append(uid);
+    mDeletedEvents.append(QPair<QString, KDateTime>(uid, KDateTime()));
 }
 
 bool CalendarWorker::sendResponse(const CalendarData::Event &eventData, const CalendarEvent::Response response)
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ void CalendarWorker::save()
     // FIXME: should send response update if deleting an even we have responded to.
     // FIXME: should send cancel only if we own the event
     if (!mDeletedEvents.isEmpty()) {
-        for (const QString &uid: mDeletedEvents) {
-            KCalCore::Event::Ptr event = mCalendar->deletedEvent(uid);
+        for (const QPair<QString, KDateTime> &pair: mDeletedEvents) {
+            KCalCore::Event::Ptr event = mCalendar->deletedEvent(pair.first, pair.second);
             if (!needSendCancellation(event)) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -184,18 +184,6 @@ void CalendarWorker::save()
         }
         mDeletedEvents.clear();
     }
-    if (!mExceptionEvents.isEmpty()) {
-        for (const QPair<QString, QDateTime> &exceptionEvent: mExceptionEvents) {
-            KCalCore::Event::Ptr event = mCalendar->deletedEvent(exceptionEvent.first,
-                                                                 KDateTime(exceptionEvent.second, KDateTime::Spec(KDateTime::LocalZone)));
-            if (!needSendCancellation(event)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            event->setStatus(KCalCore::Incidence::StatusCanceled);
-            mKCal::ServiceHandler::instance().sendUpdate(event, QString(), mCalendar, mStorage);
-        }
-        mExceptionEvents.clear();
-    }
 }
 
 void CalendarWorker::saveEvent(const CalendarData::Event &eventData, bool updateAttendees,
diff --git a/src/calendarworker.h b/src/calendarworker.h
index 2796646c..f8096afe 100644
--- a/src/calendarworker.h
+++ b/src/calendarworker.h
@@ -140,11 +140,10 @@ public slots:
     mKCal::ExtendedCalendar::Ptr mCalendar;
     mKCal::ExtendedStorage::Ptr mStorage;
 
-    // mDeletedEvents and mExceptionEvents are used to make sure
+    // mDeletedEvents is used to make sure
     // that we are sending a cancellation email for events only
     // when user actually saved (so truly deleted) changes by calling of save()
-    QStringList mDeletedEvents;
-    QList<QPair<QString, QDateTime>> mExceptionEvents;
+    QList<QPair<QString, KDateTime>> mDeletedEvents;
 
     QHash<QString, CalendarData::Notebook> mNotebooks;