diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46eea9fae..0f249fd78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix race condition when check for existing view ids was too early [#420](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/420)
 - Use fork of `asynchronous-codec` to temporarily fix CBOR decoding bug [#440](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/440)
 - Fix composing of circuit relay address [#451](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/451)
+- Don't check for `affected_rows` on task deletion [#461](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/461)
 - Do not critically fail when view does not exist due to race condition [#460](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/460)
 
 ### Open Sauce
diff --git a/aquadoggo/src/db/stores/task.rs b/aquadoggo/src/db/stores/task.rs
index d0e7b3054..17f1d85da 100644
--- a/aquadoggo/src/db/stores/task.rs
+++ b/aquadoggo/src/db/stores/task.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl SqlStore {
         };
 
         // Remove task from database
-        let result = query(
+        query(
             "
             DELETE FROM
                 tasks
@@ -85,11 +85,7 @@ impl SqlStore {
         .await
         .map_err(|err| SqlStoreError::Transaction(err.to_string()))?;
 
-        if result.rows_affected() != 1 {
-            Err(SqlStoreError::Deletion("tasks".into()))
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Returns "pending" tasks of the materialization service worker.