diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library/annotations.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library/annotations.py
index 682e52679b..f63bae7d12 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library/annotations.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library/annotations.py
@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ from textwrap import fill
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import (
     QApplication, QCheckBox, QComboBox, QCursor, QDateTime, QFont, QHBoxLayout,
-    QIcon, QLabel, QPalette, QPlainTextEdit, QSize, QSplitter, Qt,
-    QTextBrowser, QTimer, QToolButton, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout,
-    QWidget, pyqtSignal
+    QIcon, QLabel, QPalette, QPlainTextEdit, QSize, QSplitter, Qt, QTextBrowser,
+    QTimer, QToolButton, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget,
+    pyqtSignal
 )
 
 from calibre import prepare_string_for_xml
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string, fmt_sidx
-from calibre.gui2 import (
-    Application, config, error_dialog, gprefs, question_dialog
-)
+from calibre.gui2 import Application, config, error_dialog, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2.dialogs.confirm_delete import confirm
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.widgets import ResultsDelegate, SearchBox
 from calibre.gui2.widgets2 import Dialog
 
@@ -570,10 +569,10 @@ class AnnotationsBrowser(Dialog):
         self.delete_annotations(ids)
 
     def delete_annotations(self, ids):
-        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'), ngettext(
+        if confirm(ngettext(
             'Are you sure you want to <b>permanently</b> delete this annotation?',
             'Are you sure you want to <b>permanently</b> delete these {} annotations?',
-            len(ids)).format(len(ids))
+            len(ids)).format(len(ids)), 'delete-annotation-from-browse', parent=self
         ):
             db = current_db()
             db.delete_annotations(ids)