diff --git a/libraries/joomla/table/nested.php b/libraries/joomla/table/nested.php
index 42d0b68569770..4b9132ce0fb15 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/table/nested.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/table/nested.php
@@ -591,18 +591,12 @@ public function delete($pk = null, $children = true)
 				->where('lft BETWEEN ' . (int) $node->lft . ' AND ' . (int) $node->rgt);
 			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
 
-			// Compress the left values.
+			// Compress the left and right values.
 			$query->clear()
 				->update($this->_tbl)
 				->set('lft = lft - ' . (int) $node->width)
-				->where('lft > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
-			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
-
-			// Compress the right values.
-			$query->clear()
-				->update($this->_tbl)
 				->set('rgt = rgt - ' . (int) $node->width)
-				->where('rgt > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
+				->where('lft > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
 			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
 		}
 		// Leave the children and move them up a level.
@@ -630,18 +624,12 @@ public function delete($pk = null, $children = true)
 				->where('parent_id = ' . (int) $node->$k);
 			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
 
-			// Shift all of the left values that are right of the node.
+			// Shift all of the left and right values that are right of the node.
 			$query->clear()
 				->update($this->_tbl)
 				->set('lft = lft - 2')
-				->where('lft > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
-			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
-
-			// Shift all of the right values that are right of the node.
-			$query->clear()
-				->update($this->_tbl)
 				->set('rgt = rgt - 2')
-				->where('rgt > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
+				->where('lft > ' . (int) $node->rgt);
 			$this->_runQuery($query, 'JLIB_DATABASE_ERROR_DELETE_FAILED');
 		}