diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b852ee63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download.TrackedDownloads;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
+{
+    public class DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent : IEvent
+    {
+        public TrackedDownload TrackedDownload { get; private set; }
+
+        public DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent(TrackedDownload trackedDownload)
+        {
+            TrackedDownload = trackedDownload;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCompletedEvent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCompletedEvent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0957ed860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadCompletedEvent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download.TrackedDownloads;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
+{
+    public class DownloadCompletedEvent : IEvent
+    {
+        public TrackedDownload TrackedDownload { get; private set; }
+
+        public DownloadCompletedEvent(TrackedDownload trackedDownload)
+        {
+            TrackedDownload = trackedDownload;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadEventHub.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadEventHub.cs
index 2c2ef8181..e75fdbc1f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadEventHub.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadEventHub.cs
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 using System;
 using NLog;
-using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.TrackedDownloads;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Events;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
 {
-    public class DownloadCompletedEvent : IEvent
-    {
-        public TrackedDownload TrackedDownload { get; private set; }
-
-        public DownloadCompletedEvent(TrackedDownload trackedDownload)
-        {
-            TrackedDownload = trackedDownload;
-        }
-    }
-
     public class DownloadEventHub : IHandle<DownloadFailedEvent>,
-                                    IHandle<DownloadCompletedEvent>
+                                    IHandle<DownloadCompletedEvent>,
+                                    IHandle<DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent>
     {
         private readonly IConfigService _configService;
         private readonly IProvideDownloadClient _downloadClientProvider;
@@ -33,6 +23,18 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
+        public void Handle(DownloadFailedEvent message)
+        {
+            var trackedDownload = message.TrackedDownload;
+
+            if (trackedDownload == null || !trackedDownload.DownloadItem.CanBeRemoved || _configService.RemoveFailedDownloads == false)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            RemoveFromDownloadClient(trackedDownload);
+        }
+
         public void Handle(DownloadCompletedEvent message)
         {
             if (_configService.RemoveCompletedDownloads &&
@@ -48,16 +50,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
             }
         }
 
-        public void Handle(DownloadFailedEvent message)
+        public void Handle(DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent message)
         {
-            var trackedDownload = message.TrackedDownload;
-
-            if (trackedDownload == null || !trackedDownload.DownloadItem.CanBeRemoved || _configService.RemoveFailedDownloads == false)
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            RemoveFromDownloadClient(trackedDownload);
+            // Already verified that it can be removed, just needs to be removed
+            RemoveFromDownloadClient(message.TrackedDownload);
         }
 
         private void RemoveFromDownloadClient(TrackedDownload trackedDownload)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadProcessingService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadProcessingService.cs
index 535027e52..067c37da4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadProcessingService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadProcessingService.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
+        private void RemoveCompletedDownloads(List<TrackedDownload> trackedDownloads)
+        {
+            foreach (var trackedDownload in trackedDownloads.Where(c => c.DownloadItem.CanBeRemoved && c.State == TrackedDownloadState.Imported))
+            {
+                _eventAggregator.PublishEvent(new DownloadCompletedEvent(trackedDownload));
+            }
+        }
+
         public void Execute(ProcessMonitoredDownloadsCommand message)
         {
             var enableCompletedDownloadHandling = _configService.EnableCompletedDownloadHandling;
+            var removeCompletedDownloads = _configService.RemoveCompletedDownloads;
             var trackedDownloads = _trackedDownloadService.GetTrackedDownloads()
                                                           .Where(t => t.IsTrackable)
                                                           .ToList();
@@ -45,11 +54,21 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                     if (trackedDownload.State == TrackedDownloadState.DownloadFailedPending)
                     {
                         _failedDownloadService.ProcessFailed(trackedDownload);
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     if (enableCompletedDownloadHandling && trackedDownload.State == TrackedDownloadState.ImportPending)
                     {
                         _completedDownloadService.Import(trackedDownload);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (removeCompletedDownloads &&
+                        trackedDownload.DownloadItem.Removed &&
+                        trackedDownload.DownloadItem.CanBeRemoved &&
+                        trackedDownload.State == TrackedDownloadState.Imported)
+                    {
+                        _eventAggregator.PublishEvent(new DownloadCanBeRemovedEvent(trackedDownload));
                     }
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TrackedDownloads/DownloadMonitoringService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TrackedDownloads/DownloadMonitoringService.cs
index d45bf125a..2fee72e40 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TrackedDownloads/DownloadMonitoringService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TrackedDownloads/DownloadMonitoringService.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.TrackedDownloads
             try
             {
                 var trackedDownload = _trackedDownloadService.TrackDownload((DownloadClientDefinition)downloadClient.Definition, downloadItem);
+
                 if (trackedDownload != null && trackedDownload.State == TrackedDownloadState.Downloading)
                 {
                     _failedDownloadService.Check(trackedDownload);