diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-exported-connection.c b/libnm-glib/nm-exported-connection.c
index 80391de63a..5d5462eb37 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-exported-connection.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-exported-connection.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ do_delete (NMSettingsConnectionInterface *connection,
 	       NMSettingsConnectionInterfaceDeleteFunc callback,
 	       gpointer user_data)
 {
+	g_signal_emit_by_name (connection, "removed");
 	callback (connection, NULL, user_data);
 	return TRUE;
 }