diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/delete.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/delete.py
index f902708bca..161a4788c2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/delete.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/delete.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DeleteAction(InterfaceAction):
         for action in list(self.delete_menu.actions())[1:]:
             action.setEnabled(enabled)
 
-    def _get_selected_formats(self, msg, ids, exclude=False):
+    def _get_selected_formats(self, msg, ids, exclude=False, single=False):
         from calibre.gui2.dialogs.select_formats import SelectFormats
         c = Counter()
         db = self.gui.library_view.model().db
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ class DeleteAction(InterfaceAction):
             if fmts_:
                 for x in frozenset([x.lower() for x in fmts_.split(',')]):
                     c[x] += 1
-        d = SelectFormats(c, msg, parent=self.gui, exclude=exclude)
+        d = SelectFormats(c, msg, parent=self.gui, exclude=exclude,
+                single=single)
         if d.exec_() != d.Accepted:
             return None
         return d.selected_formats
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/save_to_disk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/save_to_disk.py
index b2bb8fb547..8fb9146689 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/save_to_disk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/save_to_disk.py
@@ -8,30 +8,11 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import os
 from functools import partial
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QMenu, pyqtSignal
 
 from calibre.utils.config import prefs
 from calibre.gui2 import (error_dialog, Dispatcher, gprefs,
     choose_dir, warning_dialog, open_local_file)
 from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
-from calibre.ebooks import BOOK_EXTENSIONS
-
-class SaveMenu(QMenu): # {{{
-
-    save_fmt = pyqtSignal(object)
-
-    def __init__(self, parent):
-        QMenu.__init__(self, _('Save single format to disk...'), parent)
-        for ext in sorted(BOOK_EXTENSIONS):
-            action = self.addAction(ext.upper())
-            setattr(self, 'do_'+ext, partial(self.do, ext))
-            action.triggered.connect(
-                    getattr(self, 'do_'+ext))
-
-    def do(self, ext, *args):
-        self.save_fmt.emit(ext)
-
-# }}}
 
 class SaveToDiskAction(InterfaceAction):
 
@@ -54,9 +35,8 @@ class SaveToDiskAction(InterfaceAction):
                 _('Save only %s format to disk in a single directory')%
                 prefs['output_format'].upper(),
                 triggered=partial(self.save_single_fmt_to_single_dir, False))
-        self.save_sub_menu = SaveMenu(self.gui)
-        self.save_sub_menu_action = self.save_menu.addMenu(self.save_sub_menu)
-        self.save_sub_menu.save_fmt.connect(self.save_specific_format_disk)
+        cm('specific format', _('Save single format to disk...'),
+                triggered=self.save_specific_format_disk)
 
     def location_selected(self, loc):
         enabled = loc == 'library'
@@ -74,8 +54,17 @@ class SaveToDiskAction(InterfaceAction):
     def save_single_format_to_disk(self, checked):
         self.save_to_disk(checked, False, prefs['output_format'])
 
-    def save_specific_format_disk(self, fmt):
-        self.save_to_disk(False, False, fmt)
+    def save_specific_format_disk(self):
+        rb = self.gui.iactions['Remove Books']
+        ids = rb._get_selected_ids(err_title=
+            _('Cannot save to disk'))
+        if not ids: return
+        fmts = rb._get_selected_formats(
+                _('Choose format to save to disk'), ids,
+                single=True)
+        if not fmts:
+            return
+        self.save_to_disk(False, False, list(fmts)[0])
 
     def save_to_single_dir(self, checked):
         self.save_to_disk(checked, True)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/select_formats.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/select_formats.py
index 0d43864816..58085176a4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/select_formats.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/select_formats.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class SelectFormats(QDialog):
     def __init__(self, fmt_count, msg, single=False, parent=None, exclude=False):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
         self._l = QVBoxLayout(self)
+        self.single_fmt = single
         self.setLayout(self._l)
         self.setWindowTitle(_('Choose formats'))
         self._m = QLabel(msg)
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ class SelectFormats(QDialog):
         self._l.addWidget(self._m)
         self.formats = Formats(fmt_count)
         self.fview = QListView(self)
+        self.fview.doubleClicked.connect(self.double_clicked,
+                type=Qt.QueuedConnection)
         if exclude:
             self.fview.setStyleSheet('''
                     QListView { background-color: #FAE7B5}
@@ -82,6 +85,11 @@ class SelectFormats(QDialog):
             self.selected_formats.add(self.formats.fmt(idx))
         QDialog.accept(self, *args)
 
+    def double_clicked(self, index):
+        if self.single_fmt:
+            self.accept()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from PyQt4.Qt import QApplication
     app = QApplication([])