diff --git a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.h b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.h
--- a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.h
+++ b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.h
@@ -142,10 +142,8 @@
     /// Returns true if this filesystem is currently refreshing the current directory.
     inline bool isRefreshing() const { return _isRefreshing; }
 
-    /// Delete or trash files in the current directory. Implemented async.
-    void deleteFiles(const QStringList &fileNames, bool moveToTrash = true);
     /// Delete or trash arbitrary files. Implemented async. Universal refresh not fully implemented.
-    void deleteAnyFiles(const QList<QUrl> &urls, bool moveToTrash);
+    void deleteFiles(const QList<QUrl> &urls, bool moveToTrash);
 
     /// Return the input URL with a trailing slash if absent.
     static QUrl ensureTrailingSlash(const QUrl &url);
diff --git a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.cpp b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.cpp
--- a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystem.cpp
@@ -149,13 +149,7 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-void FileSystem::deleteFiles(const QStringList &fileNames, bool moveToTrash)
-{
-    // get absolute URLs for file names
-    deleteAnyFiles(getUrls(fileNames), moveToTrash);
-}
-
-void FileSystem::deleteAnyFiles(const QList<QUrl> &urls, bool moveToTrash)
+void FileSystem::deleteFiles(const QList<QUrl> &urls, bool moveToTrash)
 {
     KrJob *krJob = KrJob::createDeleteJob(urls, moveToTrash);
     connect(krJob, &KrJob::started, this, [=](KIO::Job *job) {
diff --git a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystemprovider.cpp b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystemprovider.cpp
--- a/krusader/FileSystem/filesystemprovider.cpp
+++ b/krusader/FileSystem/filesystemprovider.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
     // assume all URLs use the same filesystem
     FileSystem *fs = getFilesystemInstance(urls.first());
-    fs->deleteAnyFiles(urls, moveToTrash);
+    fs->deleteFiles(urls, moveToTrash);
 }
 
 void FileSystemProvider::refreshFilesystems(const QUrl &directory, bool removed)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         // various places, we don't know if they were (re)moved. Refreshing is also fast enough.
         const QUrl fileSystemDir = fs->currentDirectory();
         if ((!fs->hasAutoUpdate() && (fileSystemDir == FileSystem::cleanUrl(directory) ||
-                                      (fileSystemDir.scheme() == "virt" && !fs->isRoot())))
+                                      (fs->type() == FileSystem::FS_VIRTUAL && !fs->isRoot())))
             // also refresh if a parent directory was (re)moved (not detected by file watcher)
             || (removed && directory.isParentOf(fileSystemDir))) {
             fs->refresh();
diff --git a/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp b/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp
--- a/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp
+++ b/krusader/Panel/panelfunc.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@
 
 void ListPanelFunc::deleteFiles(bool moveToTrash)
 {
-    if (files()->type() == FileSystem::FS_VIRTUAL && files()->isRoot()) {
+    const bool isVFS = files()->type() == FileSystem::FS_VIRTUAL;
+    if (isVFS && files()->isRoot()) {
         // only virtual deletion possible
         removeVirtualFiles();
         return;
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@
     // now ask the user if he/she is sure:
 
     const QList<QUrl> confirmedUrls = confirmDeletion(
-        files()->getUrls(fileNames), moveToTrash, files()->type() == FileSystem::FS_VIRTUAL, false);
+        files()->getUrls(fileNames), moveToTrash, isVFS, false);
 
     if (confirmedUrls.isEmpty())
         return; // nothing to delete
@@ -700,11 +701,7 @@
     panel->prepareToDelete();
 
     // let the filesystem do the job...
-    QStringList confirmedFileNames;
-    for (QUrl fileUrl : confirmedUrls) {
-        confirmedFileNames.append(fileUrl.fileName());
-    }
-    files()->deleteFiles(confirmedFileNames, moveToTrash);
+    files()->deleteFiles(confirmedUrls, moveToTrash);
 }
 
 QList<QUrl> ListPanelFunc::confirmDeletion(const QList<QUrl> &urls, bool moveToTrash,