diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index a073b72517..f87b62ef50 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ processChatCommand user@User {userId, profile} = \case
       Just member -> do
         let userRole = memberRole membership
         when (userRole < GRAdmin || userRole < memberRole member) $ chatError CEGroupUserRole
-        sendGroupMessage members . XGrpMemDel $ memberId member
+        when (memberStatus member /= GSMemInvited) . sendGroupMessage members $ XGrpMemDel (memberId member)
         deleteMemberConnection member
         withStore $ \st -> updateGroupMemberStatus st userId member GSMemRemoved
         showDeletedMember gName Nothing (Just member)