diff --git a/include/wx/dataview.h b/include/wx/dataview.h
index 1c5f4d0b97..46cb8ae57f 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataview.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataview.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
 
     // delegated notifiers
     virtual bool ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
-    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item );
+    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
     virtual bool ItemChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item );
     virtual bool ValueChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
     virtual bool Cleared();
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~wxDataViewModelNotifier() { m_owner = NULL; }
 
     virtual bool ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item ) = 0;
-    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item ) = 0;
+    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item ) = 0;
     virtual bool ItemChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item ) = 0;
     virtual bool ValueChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col ) = 0;
     virtual bool Cleared() = 0;
diff --git a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
index 7d958749da..9410e43128 100644
--- a/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
+++ b/samples/dataview/dataview.cpp
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnDeleteMusic(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 {
     wxDataViewItem item = m_musicCtrl->GetSelection();
     if (item.IsOk())
-        m_music_model->Delete( item );
+        m_music_model->Delete( m_music_model->GetParent(item), item );
 }
 
 void MyFrame::OnPrependList( wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnDeleteList( wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 {
     wxDataViewItem item = m_listCtrl->GetSelection();
     if (item.IsOk())
-        m_list_model->DeleteItem( item );
+        m_list_model->DeleteItem( m_list_model->GetParent(item), item );
 }
 
 void MyFrame::OnItemAdded( wxDataViewEvent &event )
diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index 89d8f183d5..87cdf764b2 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bool wxDataViewModel::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewI
     return ret;
 }
 
-bool wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item )
+bool wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
 {
     bool ret = true;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item )
     while (node)
     {
         wxDataViewModelNotifier* notifier = (wxDataViewModelNotifier*) node->GetData();
-        if (!notifier->ItemDeleted( item ))
+        if (!notifier->ItemDeleted( parent, item ))
             ret = false;
         node = node->GetNext();
     }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowDeleted( unsigned int row )
 {
     wxDataViewItem item( m_hash[row] );
     m_hash.RemoveAt( row );
-    wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( item );
+    wxDataViewModel::ItemDeleted( wxDataViewItem(0), item );
 }
 
 void wxDataViewIndexListModel::RowChanged( unsigned int row )
diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index ccc38ed825..bcca3889c3 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public:
     GtkWxTreeModel* GetGtkModel()       { return m_gtk_model; }
 
     bool ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
-    bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item );
+    bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
     bool ItemChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item );
     bool ValueChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
     bool Cleared();
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ public:
     ~wxGtkDataViewModelNotifier();
 
     virtual bool ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
-    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item );
+    virtual bool ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item );
     virtual bool ItemChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item );
     virtual bool ValueChanged( const wxDataViewItem &item, unsigned int col );
     virtual bool Cleared();
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ bool wxGtkDataViewModelNotifier::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const
     return true;
 }
 
-bool wxGtkDataViewModelNotifier::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item )
+bool wxGtkDataViewModelNotifier::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
 {
     GtkTreeIter iter;
     iter.stamp = m_wxgtk_model->stamp;
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ bool wxGtkDataViewModelNotifier::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item )
         GTK_TREE_MODEL(m_wxgtk_model), path );
     gtk_tree_path_free (path);
 
-    m_owner->GtkGetInternal()->ItemDeleted( item );
+    m_owner->GtkGetInternal()->ItemDeleted( parent, item );
     
     return true;
 }
@@ -2296,9 +2296,9 @@ bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemAdded( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDa
     return true;
 }
 
-bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &item )
+bool wxDataViewCtrlInternal::ItemDeleted( const wxDataViewItem &parent, const wxDataViewItem &item )
 {
-    wxGtkTreeModelNode *parent = FindParentNode( item );
+    wxGtkTreeModelNode *parent = FindNode( parent );
     parent->DeleteChild( item.GetID() );
     
     wxDataViewEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_DATAVIEW_MODEL_ITEM_DELETED, m_owner->GetId() );
@@ -2753,7 +2753,6 @@ void gtk_dataviewctrl_size_callback( GtkWidget *WXUNUSED(widget),
                                      GtkAllocation *alloc,
                                      wxDataViewCtrl *win )
 {
-
     wxWindowList::compatibility_iterator node = win->GetChildren().GetFirst();
     while (node)
     {