diff --git a/bazarr/subtitles/tools/delete.py b/bazarr/subtitles/tools/delete.py
index 29d8f12b3..546d04df2 100644
--- a/bazarr/subtitles/tools/delete.py
+++ b/bazarr/subtitles/tools/delete.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import os
 import logging
 
+from subliminal.subtitle import SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS
+
 from app.event_handler import event_stream
 from languages.get_languages import language_from_alpha2
 from utilities.path_mappings import path_mappings
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ from radarr.notify import notify_radarr
 
 def delete_subtitles(media_type, language, forced, hi, media_path, subtitles_path, sonarr_series_id=None,
                      sonarr_episode_id=None, radarr_id=None):
-    if not subtitles_path.endswith('.srt'):
-        logging.error('BAZARR can only delete .srt files.')
+    if not os.path.splitext(subtitles_path)[1] in SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS:
+        logging.error('BAZARR can only delete subtitles files.')
         return False
 
     language_log = language