diff --git a/src/topics/delete.js b/src/topics/delete.js
index a960ff0421..cf6ae01d8d 100644
--- a/src/topics/delete.js
+++ b/src/topics/delete.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 						db.sortedSetRemove('cid:' + topicData.cid + ':pids', pids, next);
 					});
 				}
-			], function(err, results) {
+			], function(err) {
 				callback(err);
 			});
 		});
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 						});
 					});
 				}
-			], function(err, results) {
+			], function(err) {
 				callback(err);
 			});
 		});
@@ -109,28 +109,35 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.purge = function(tid, uid, callback) {
-		async.parallel([
-			function(next) {
-				db.deleteAll([
-					'tid:' + tid + ':followers',
-					'tid:' + tid + ':ignorers',
-					'tid:' + tid + ':posts',
-					'tid:' + tid + ':posts:votes',
-					'tid:' + tid + ':bookmarks',
-					'tid:' + tid + ':posters'
-				], next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:tid', 'topics:recent', 'topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, next);
-			},
+		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {
-				Topics.deleteTopicTags(tid, next);
+				deleteFromFollowersIgnorers(tid, next);
 			},
 			function(next) {
-				reduceCounters(tid, next);
+				async.parallel([
+					function(next) {
+						db.deleteAll([
+							'tid:' + tid + ':followers',
+							'tid:' + tid + ':ignorers',
+							'tid:' + tid + ':posts',
+							'tid:' + tid + ':posts:votes',
+							'tid:' + tid + ':bookmarks',
+							'tid:' + tid + ':posters'
+						], next);
+					},
+					function(next) {
+						db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:tid', 'topics:recent', 'topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
+					},
+					function(next) {
+						deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, next);
+					},
+					function(next) {
+						Topics.deleteTopicTags(tid, next);
+					},
+					function(next) {
+						reduceCounters(tid, next);
+					}
+				], next);
 			}
 		], function(err) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -141,6 +148,26 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	function deleteFromFollowersIgnorers(tid, callback) {
+		async.waterfall([
+			function(next) {
+				async.parallel({
+					followers: async.apply(db.getSetMembers, 'tid:' + tid + ':followers'),
+					ignorers: async.apply(db.getSetMembers, 'tid:' + tid + ':ignorers')
+				}, next);
+			},
+			function(results, next) {
+				var followerKeys = results.followers.map(function(uid) {
+					return 'uid:' + uid + ':followed_tids';
+				});
+				var ignorerKeys = results.ignorers.map(function(uid) {
+					return 'uid:' + uid + 'ignored_tids';
+				});
+				db.sortedSetsRemove(followerKeys.concat(ignorerKeys), tid, next);
+			}
+		], callback);
+	}
+
 	function deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, callback) {
 		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'uid'], function(err, topicData) {
 			if (err) {
diff --git a/tests/topics.js b/tests/topics.js
index 7103b32689..bf890f3ebe 100644
--- a/tests/topics.js
+++ b/tests/topics.js
@@ -188,12 +188,24 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function() {
 
 	describe('.purge/.delete', function() {
 		var newTopic;
-
+		var followerUid;
 		before(function(done) {
-			topics.post({uid: topic.userId, title: topic.title, content: topic.content, cid: topic.categoryId}, function(err, result) {
-				newTopic = result.topicData;
-				done();
-			});
+			async.waterfall([
+				function(next) {
+					topics.post({uid: topic.userId, title: topic.title, content: topic.content, cid: topic.categoryId}, function(err, result) {
+						assert.ifError(err);
+						newTopic = result.topicData;
+						next();
+					});
+				},
+				function(next) {
+					User.create({username: 'topicFollower', password: '123456'}, next);
+				},
+				function(_uid, next) {
+					followerUid = _uid;
+					topics.follow(newTopic.tid, _uid, next);
+				}
+			], done);
 		});
 
 		it('should delete the topic', function(done) {
@@ -206,7 +218,11 @@ describe('Topic\'s', function() {
 		it('should purge the topic', function(done) {
 			topics.purge(newTopic.tid, 1, function(err) {
 				assert.ifError(err);
-				done();
+				db.isSortedSetMember('uid:' + followerUid + ':followed_tids', newTopic.tid, function(err, isMember) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.strictEqual(false, isMember);
+					done();
+				});
 			});
 		});
 	});