diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
index 638a545a36..df93ab527a 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/routes/v3/projects.rs
@@ -2834,6 +2834,11 @@ pub async fn project_delete_internal(
             &redis,
         )
         .await?;
+        search_state
+            .backend
+            .remove_project_documents(&[project.inner.id.into()])
+            .await
+            .wrap_internal_err("failed to remove project from search index")?;
         search_state
             .queue
             .push_project_removal(project.inner.id.into())