diff --git a/pkg/models/listeners.go b/pkg/models/listeners.go
index 6e88a349510..373f3054d44 100644
--- a/pkg/models/listeners.go
+++ b/pkg/models/listeners.go
@@ -298,7 +298,13 @@ func (s *SendTaskDeletedNotification) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	sess := db.NewSession()
 	defer sess.Close()
 
-	subscribers, err := getSubscribersForEntity(sess, SubscriptionEntityTask, event.Task.ID)
+	var subscribers []*Subscription
+	subscribers, err = getSubscribersForEntity(sess, SubscriptionEntityTask, event.Task.ID)
+	// If the task does not exist and no one has explicitely subscribed to it, we won't find any subscriptions for it.
+	// Hence, we need to check for subscriptions to the parent project manually.
+	if err != nil && (IsErrTaskDoesNotExist(err) || IsErrProjectDoesNotExist(err)) {
+		subscribers, err = getSubscribersForEntity(sess, SubscriptionEntityProject, event.Task.ProjectID)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/models/notifications.go b/pkg/models/notifications.go
index 9daa5d73589..c43f15ab3ea 100644
--- a/pkg/models/notifications.go
+++ b/pkg/models/notifications.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ type TaskDeletedNotification struct {
 // ToMail returns the mail notification for TaskDeletedNotification
 func (n *TaskDeletedNotification) ToMail() *notifications.Mail {
 	return notifications.NewMail().
-		Subject(n.Task.Title + "(" + n.Task.GetFullIdentifier() + ")" + " has been delete").
+		Subject(n.Task.Title + "(" + n.Task.GetFullIdentifier() + ")" + " has been deleted").
 		Line(n.Doer.GetName() + " has deleted the task " + n.Task.Title + "(" + n.Task.GetFullIdentifier() + ")")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/models/tasks.go b/pkg/models/tasks.go
index 8dda06fdef3..23d07141ce0 100644
--- a/pkg/models/tasks.go
+++ b/pkg/models/tasks.go
@@ -1603,6 +1603,13 @@ func updateTaskLastUpdated(s *xorm.Session, task *Task) error {
 // @Router /tasks/{ID} [delete]
 func (t *Task) Delete(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) (err error) {
 
+	// duplicate the task for the event
+	fullTask := &Task{ID: t.ID}
+	err = fullTask.ReadOne(s, a)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if _, err = s.ID(t.ID).Delete(Task{}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1657,7 +1664,7 @@ func (t *Task) Delete(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) (err error) {
 
 	doer, _ := user.GetFromAuth(a)
 	err = events.Dispatch(&TaskDeletedEvent{
-		Task: t,
+		Task: fullTask,
 		Doer: doer,
 	})
 	if err != nil {