diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py b/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
index fd3e137a..369350de 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/crawls.py
@@ -875,12 +875,10 @@ class CrawlOps:
 
     async def remove_collection_from_all_crawls(self, collection_id: uuid.UUID):
         """Remove collection id from all crawls it's currently in."""
-        result = await self.crawls.update_many(
+        await self.crawls.update_many(
             {"collections": collection_id},
             {"$pull": {"collections": collection_id}},
         )
-        if result.modified_count < 1:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="crawls_not_found")
 
 
 # ============================================================================
diff --git a/backend/test/test_collections.py b/backend/test/test_collections.py
index 2fc890b3..c60210ae 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_collections.py
@@ -394,3 +394,23 @@ def test_delete_collection(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, crawler_crawl_i
         headers=crawler_auth_headers,
     )
     assert _second_coll_id not in r.json()["collections"]
+
+    # Make a new empty (no crawls) collection and delete it
+    r = requests.post(
+        f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/collections",
+        headers=crawler_auth_headers,
+        json={
+            "name": "To delete",
+            "description": "Deleting a collection with no crawls should work.",
+        },
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    data = r.json()
+    coll_id = data["added"]["id"]
+
+    r = requests.delete(
+        f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/collections/{coll_id}",
+        headers=crawler_auth_headers,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.json()["success"]