diff --git a/src/components/budget/budget.service.ts b/src/components/budget/budget.service.ts
index 22553f668a..9cadb4c059 100644
--- a/src/components/budget/budget.service.ts
+++ b/src/components/budget/budget.service.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export class BudgetService {
 
   async deleteRecord(id: ID, session: Session, changeset?: ID): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      await this.budgetRecordsRepo.deleteNode(id, changeset);
+      await this.budgetRecordsRepo.deleteNode(id, { changeset });
     } catch (e) {
       this.logger.warning('Failed to delete Budget Record', {
         exception: e,
diff --git a/src/components/engagement/engagement.service.ts b/src/components/engagement/engagement.service.ts
index 8c7d3671fb..0d4431da9b 100644
--- a/src/components/engagement/engagement.service.ts
+++ b/src/components/engagement/engagement.service.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export class EngagementService {
     await this.eventBus.publish(new EngagementWillDeleteEvent(object, session));
 
     try {
-      await this.repo.deleteNode(object, changeset);
+      await this.repo.deleteNode(object, { changeset });
     } catch (e) {
       this.logger.warning('Failed to delete Engagement', {
         exception: e,
diff --git a/src/components/partnership/partnership.service.ts b/src/components/partnership/partnership.service.ts
index e7ab6a7088..890548e596 100644
--- a/src/components/partnership/partnership.service.ts
+++ b/src/components/partnership/partnership.service.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class PartnershipService {
     );
 
     try {
-      await this.repo.deleteNode(object, changeset);
+      await this.repo.deleteNode(object, { changeset });
     } catch (exception) {
       this.logger.error('Failed to delete', { id, exception });
       throw new ServerException('Failed to delete', exception);
diff --git a/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.repository.ts b/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.repository.ts
index 6e5c4e1840..e4cb47dafd 100644
--- a/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.repository.ts
+++ b/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.repository.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   ACTIVE,
   createNode,
   createRelationships,
+  deleteBaseNode,
   filter,
   matchProjectScopedRoles,
   matchProjectSens,
@@ -233,17 +234,14 @@ export class ProgressReportMediaRepository extends DtoRepository<
       .run();
   }
 
-  async isVariantGroupEmpty(id: string) {
-    const hasVariant = await this.db
+  async deleteVariantGroupIfEmpty(id: string) {
+    await this.db
       .query()
-      .match([
-        node('variantGroup', 'VariantGroup', { id }),
-        relation('out', '', 'child', ACTIVE),
-        node('variant', 'ProgressReportMedia'),
-      ])
-      .return('variant')
-      .first();
-    return !hasVariant;
+      .match(node('variantGroup', 'VariantGroup', { id }))
+      .raw('where not exists((variantGroup)-[:child { active: true }]->())')
+      .apply(deleteBaseNode('variantGroup'))
+      .return('*')
+      .executeAndLogStats();
   }
 
   protected hydrate(session: Session) {
diff --git a/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.service.ts b/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.service.ts
index 72cfa3bf82..265c46ec1b 100644
--- a/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.service.ts
+++ b/src/components/progress-report/media/progress-report-media.service.ts
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ export class ProgressReportMediaService {
       .verifyCan('delete');
 
     await this.repo.deleteNode(id);
-    if (await this.repo.isVariantGroupEmpty(media.variantGroup)) {
-      await this.repo.deleteNode(media.variantGroup);
-    }
+    await this.repo.deleteVariantGroupIfEmpty(media.variantGroup);
 
     return media.report;
   }
diff --git a/src/core/database/common.repository.ts b/src/core/database/common.repository.ts
index dd2d418718..eae12be5a4 100644
--- a/src/core/database/common.repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/database/common.repository.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ import {
   ResourceShape,
   ServerException,
 } from '~/common';
+import { ResourceLike, ResourcesHost } from '../resources';
 import { DatabaseService } from './database.service';
 import { createUniqueConstraint } from './indexer';
-import { ACTIVE, updateRelationList } from './query';
+import { ACTIVE, deleteBaseNode, updateRelationList } from './query';
 import { BaseNode } from './results';
 
 /**
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ import { BaseNode } from './results';
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class CommonRepository {
-  @Inject(DatabaseService)
-  protected db: DatabaseService;
+  @Inject() protected db: DatabaseService;
+  @Inject() protected readonly resources: ResourcesHost;
 
   async getBaseNode(
     id: ID,
@@ -130,17 +131,28 @@ export class CommonRepository {
     return res.stats;
   }
 
-  async deleteNode(objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID, changeset?: ID) {
+  async deleteNode(
+    objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID,
+    { changeset, resource }: { changeset?: ID; resource?: ResourceLike } = {},
+  ) {
+    const id = isIdLike(objectOrId) ? objectOrId : objectOrId.id;
+    const label = resource
+      ? this.resources.enhance(resource).dbLabel
+      : 'BaseNode';
     if (!changeset) {
-      await this.db.deleteNode(objectOrId);
+      await this.db
+        .query()
+        .matchNode('node', label, { id })
+        .apply(deleteBaseNode('node'))
+        .return('*')
+        .run();
       return;
     }
     try {
-      const id = isIdLike(objectOrId) ? objectOrId : objectOrId.id;
       await this.db
         .query()
-        .match([node('node', 'BaseNode', { id })])
-        .match([node('changeset', 'Changeset', { id: changeset })])
+        .match(node('node', label, { id }))
+        .match(node('changeset', 'Changeset', { id: changeset }))
         .merge([
           node('changeset'),
           relation('out', 'rel', 'changeset'),
diff --git a/src/core/database/dto.repository.ts b/src/core/database/dto.repository.ts
index 5ca1d1fe8b..17bcb27fb9 100644
--- a/src/core/database/dto.repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/database/dto.repository.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   UnsecuredDto,
 } from '~/common';
 import { Privileges } from '../../components/authorization';
+import { ResourceLike } from '../resources';
 import { DbChanges, getChanges } from './changes';
 import { CommonRepository } from './common.repository';
 import { DbTypeOf } from './db-type';
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ export const DtoRepository = <
         .run();
     }
 
+    async deleteNode(
+      objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID,
+      options: { changeset?: ID; resource?: ResourceLike } = {},
+    ) {
+      await super.deleteNode(objectOrId, {
+        resource: this.resource,
+        ...options,
+      });
+    }
+
     protected async updateProperties<
       TObject extends Partial<TResource | UnsecuredDto<TResource>> & {
         id: ID;
diff --git a/src/core/edgedb/common.repository.ts b/src/core/edgedb/common.repository.ts
index 7663cb0111..c3677429a0 100644
--- a/src/core/edgedb/common.repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/edgedb/common.repository.ts
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ export class CommonRepository implements PublicOf<Neo4jCommonRepository> {
     );
   }
 
-  async deleteNode(objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID, _changeset?: ID) {
+  async deleteNode(
+    objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID,
+    { resource }: { changeset?: ID; resource?: ResourceLike } = {},
+  ) {
     const id = isIdLike(objectOrId) ? objectOrId : objectOrId.id;
-    const query = e.delete(e.Object, () => ({
+    const type = resource ? this.resources.enhance(resource).db : e.Object;
+    const query = e.delete(type, () => ({
       filter_single: { id },
     }));
     await this.db.run(query);
diff --git a/src/core/edgedb/dto.repository.ts b/src/core/edgedb/dto.repository.ts
index 2a53f4235e..7620cf0d86 100644
--- a/src/core/edgedb/dto.repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/edgedb/dto.repository.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ export const RepoFor = <
     async getBaseNodes(ids: readonly ID[], fqn?: ResourceLike) {
       return await super.getBaseNodes(ids, fqn ?? resource);
     }
+
+    async deleteNode(
+      objectOrId: { id: ID } | ID,
+      options: { changeset?: ID; resource?: ResourceLike } = {},
+    ) {
+      await super.deleteNode(objectOrId, {
+        resource: this.resource,
+        ...options,
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   const readManyQuery = e.params({ ids: e.array(e.uuid) }, ({ ids }) => {