diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollectionsFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollectionsFixture.cs
index 79ffe3a84..237605262 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollectionsFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollectionsFixture.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Housekeeping.Housekeepers
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void should_not_delete_unorphaned_collection_items()
+        public void should_delete_orphaned_collection_with_meta_but_no_movie_items()
         {
             var collection = Builder<MovieCollection>.CreateNew()
                                               .With(h => h.Id = 3)
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Housekeeping.Housekeepers
 
             Db.Insert(movie);
 
+            Subject.Clean();
+            AllStoredModels.Should().HaveCount(0);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_not_delete_unorphaned_collection()
+        {
+            var collection = Builder<MovieCollection>.CreateNew()
+                                              .With(h => h.Id = 3)
+                                              .With(h => h.TmdbId = 123456)
+                                              .With(h => h.Title = "Some Credit")
+                                              .BuildNew();
+
+            Db.Insert(collection);
+
+            var movieMeta = Builder<MovieMetadata>.CreateNew().With(m => m.CollectionTmdbId = collection.TmdbId).BuildNew();
+            Db.Insert(movieMeta);
+
+            var movie = Builder<Movie>.CreateNew().With(m => m.MovieMetadataId = movieMeta.Id).BuildNew();
+            Db.Insert(movie);
+
             Subject.Clean();
             AllStoredModels.Should().HaveCount(1);
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollections.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollections.cs
index 233a8d9db..5e3fc4ce2 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollections.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Housekeeping/Housekeepers/CleanupOrphanedCollections.cs
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Housekeeping.Housekeepers
         {
             using (var mapper = _database.OpenConnection())
             {
-                mapper.Execute(@"DELETE FROM ""Collections""
-                                     WHERE ""TmdbId"" IN (
-                                     SELECT ""Collections"".""TmdbId"" FROM ""Collections""
-                                     LEFT OUTER JOIN ""MovieMetadata""
-                                     ON ""Collections"".""TmdbId"" = ""MovieMetadata"".""CollectionTmdbId""
-                                     WHERE ""MovieMetadata"".""Id"" IS NULL)");
+                mapper.Execute(@"DELETE FROM ""Collections"" WHERE ""TmdbId"" IN (SELECT ""X"".""TmdbId"" FROM (SELECT ""Collections"".""TmdbId"", COUNT(""Movies"".""Id"") as ""MovieCount"" FROM ""Collections"" 
+                                 LEFT OUTER JOIN ""MovieMetadata"" ON ""Collections"".""TmdbId"" = ""MovieMetadata"".""CollectionTmdbId""
+                                 LEFT OUTER JOIN ""Movies"" ON ""Movies"".""MovieMetadataId"" = ""MovieMetadata"".""Id""
+                                 GROUP BY ""Collections"".""Id"") AS ""X"" WHERE ""X"".""MovieCount"" = 0)");
             }
         }
     }