diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
index 87b05ab1e9..455e5ec6a9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ class Boss(QObject):
 
     @in_thread_job
     def delete_requested(self, spine_items, other_items):
-        QApplication.beep()
         self.add_savepoint(_('Before: Delete files'))
         self.commit_dirty_opf()
         c = current_container()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
index 4f4de66b69..9f5d88a260 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/file_list.py
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ class FileList(QTreeWidget, OpenWithHandler):
         spine_removals = [(unicode_type(item.data(0, NAME_ROLE) or ''), item.isSelected()) for item in children]
         other_removals = {unicode_type(item.data(0, NAME_ROLE) or '') for item in self.selectedItems()
                           if unicode_type(item.data(0, CATEGORY_ROLE) or '') != 'text'}
+        QApplication.beep()
         self.delete_requested.emit(spine_removals, other_removals)
 
     def delete_done(self, spine_removals, other_removals):