diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 9ccc89bd780bed9e67c2d03b446b9a99e1328965..c9d3d8b6a54de8804d9b34bcbf3f6cb3a96ae853 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -1089,8 +1089,8 @@ bool SubversionPlugin::vcsDelete(const QString &workingDir, const QString &rawFi
 {
     const QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(rawFileName);
 
-    QStringList args(QLatin1String("delete"));
-    args.push_back(file);
+    QStringList args;
+    args << QLatin1String("delete") << QLatin1String("--force") << file;
 
     const SubversionResponse response =
             runSvn(workingDir, args, m_settings.timeOutMs(),