fix issue that would cause sync to fail (hence MAJOR issue) when trying to delete
fix issue that would cause sync to fail (hence MAJOR issue) when trying to delete

sagemathinc/smc,DrXyzzy/smc,DrXyzzy/smc,sagemathinc/smc,DrXyzzy/smc,tscholl2/smc,sagemathinc/smc,tscholl2/smc,tscholl2/smc,tscholl2/smc,sagemathinc/smc,tscholl2/smc,DrXyzzy/smc