diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 56c491339..1770703a5 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ use open qw{:utf8 :std};
 use vars qw{%config %links %oldlinks %pagemtime %pagectime %pagecase
 	    %pagestate %wikistate %renderedfiles %oldrenderedfiles
 	    %pagesources %destsources %depends %depends_simple %hooks
-	    %forcerebuild %loaded_plugins @autofiles %dellinks
-	    %delrenderedfiles};
+	    %forcerebuild %loaded_plugins @autofiles};
 
 use Exporter q{import};
 our @EXPORT = qw(hook debug error template htmlpage deptype
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index 5b72b6de1..fc71c8919 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -392,9 +392,7 @@ sub find_del_files ($) {
 			else {
 				push @del, $pagesources{$page};
 			}
-			$dellinks{$page}= $links{$page};
 			$links{$page}=[];
-			$delrenderedfiles{$page}= $renderedfiles{$page};
 			$renderedfiles{$page}=[];
 			$pagemtime{$page}=0;
 		}
@@ -644,14 +642,8 @@ sub refresh () {
 		scan($file);
 	}
 
-	my %del_hash = map {$_, 1} @$del;
 	while (my $autofile = shift (@autofiles)) {
 		my $page=pagename($autofile);
-    if (exists $del_hash{$page}) {
-			$links{$page}= $dellinks{$page};
-			$renderedfiles{$page}= $delrenderedfiles{$page};
-			delete $del_hash{$page};
-		}
 		if ($pages->{$page}) {
 			debug(sprintf(gettext("%s has multiple possible source pages"), $page));
 		}
@@ -663,7 +655,6 @@ sub refresh () {
 
 		scan($autofile);
 	}
-	$del = [keys %del_hash];
 
 	calculate_links();