diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/item.py b/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
index fe31f3a93b..d9699a5b63 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class ItemViewSet(ConditionalListView, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
             user=self.request.user,
             auth=self.request.auth,
         )
+        self.get_object().cartposition_set.all().delete()
         super().perform_destroy(instance)
 
 
diff --git a/src/tests/api/test_items.py b/src/tests/api/test_items.py
index 6a382c1fd7..ab7a1aa7a8 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/test_items.py
+++ b/src/tests/api/test_items.py
@@ -736,10 +736,10 @@ def test_items_with_order_position_not_delete(token_client, organizer, event, it
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
-def test_items_with_cart_position_not_delete(token_client, organizer, event, item, cart_position):
+def test_items_with_cart_position_delete(token_client, organizer, event, item, cart_position):
     resp = token_client.delete('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/{}/items/{}/'.format(organizer.slug, event.slug, item.pk))
-    assert resp.status_code == 403
-    assert event.items.filter(pk=item.id).exists()
+    assert resp.status_code == 204
+    assert not event.items.filter(pk=item.id).exists()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture