diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/.ratings b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/.ratings
index 6c01a6005ccd31eaf40f3263bbe83c4f9612de3f..84779a2b0596bfd61c73b1dcd62582242542dbf3 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/.ratings
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CopyAction.java cc58c9f52b8d0b8698a9905ffadff7c37976481b GREEN
 CutAction.java 6e963d94aeea85676beb38489748002b6d13346a GREEN
-DeleteAction.java 3a7af66b4b6de8335aea3d415400672093743e22 GREEN
+DeleteAction.java c4aed864d899a4c6ae727ad0a5f438f387ee2a69 GREEN
 PasteAction.java f834f26660a664f138c19d82ace7b17ecc18603f GREEN
 RedoAction.java d91086533289a4175e7f5ee949b31a0edc86672a GREEN
 RenameAction.java 8049a91748366eec6a7c08622eac29d97950ade2 GREEN
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/DeleteAction.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/DeleteAction.java
index 3a7af66b4b6de8335aea3d415400672093743e22..c4aed864d899a4c6ae727ad0a5f438f387ee2a69 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/DeleteAction.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/actions/DeleteAction.java
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.actions;
 
 import static org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.getWorkbench;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.LoggingUtils.error;
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.ResourceUtils.getIFile;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.IJobChangeEvent;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.JobChangeAdapter;
-import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IDialogConstants;
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.ToolingKernelUIActivator;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.EObjectActionBase;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.editor.ExtendableMultiPageEditor;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.ResourceUtils;
 
 /**
  * The {@link DeleteAction} uses the {@link IElementCompositorService} and the
@@ -81,12 +78,6 @@ public class DeleteAction extends EObjectActionBase<EObject> {
 		 */
 		private final ITopLevelElement topElement;
 
-		/**
-		 * {@link URI}s of {@link Resource}s that directly or indirectly reference
-		 * {@link #topElement}.
-		 */
-		private Collection<URI> uris = Collections.emptySet();
-
 		/** {@link Shell} used to display dialog. */
 		private Shell sh;
 
@@ -104,23 +95,8 @@ public class DeleteAction extends EObjectActionBase<EObject> {
 		/** {@inheritDoc} */
 		@Override
 		protected IStatus run(IProgressMonitor progressMonitor) {
-			// Check if there are further resources that reference the resource to be deleted. If
-			// so, extend confirmation dialog accordingly.
-			Resource resource = topElement.getRootModelElement().eResource();
-			uris = ResourceUtils.getReferencingResourceURIs(resource, false, progressMonitor);
-
-			String message =
-					"Are you sure you want to delete '" + topElement.getSaveableName() + "'?";
-
-			if(!uris.isEmpty()) {
-				message +=
-						"\n\nNote that this model also references the following external resources:\n\n";
-				for(URI uri : uris) {
-					message += " - " + URI.decode(uri.lastSegment()) + "\n";
-				}
-			}
-
-			final MessageDialog dialog = new MessageDialog(sh, "Confirm Delete", null, message,
+			final MessageDialog dialog = new MessageDialog(sh, "Confirm Delete", null,
+					"Are you sure you want to delete '" + topElement.getSaveableName() + "'?",
 					MessageDialog.QUESTION,
 					new String[] {IDialogConstants.YES_LABEL, IDialogConstants.NO_LABEL}, 0) {
 				@Override
@@ -137,16 +113,13 @@ public class DeleteAction extends EObjectActionBase<EObject> {
 			});
 
 			if(dialog.getReturnCode() == 0) {
-				IContainer parent = ResourceUtils.getIFile(resource).getParent();
+				IContainer parent =
+						getIFile(topElement.getRootModelElement().eResource()).getParent();
 
 				// Close all opened views belonging to the deleted project
 				IModelEditorBindingService.getInstance()
 						.closeEditors(topElement.getRootModelElement());
 
-				for(URI externalModelURIs : uris) {
-					topElement.getResourceSet().createResource(externalModelURIs);
-				}
-
 				// Deletes the entire resource set, including its external models
 				topElement.delete();
 
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/.ratings b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/.ratings
index 0eae779d6882320da1e58a473bd81f9bf3b3b4c2..55afedee4a6fd11c11c4940e52875706b4bbc1f4 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/.ratings
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AutoUndoCommandStack.java fc326adf66c6cea2354884cdc240da5f2f82689a GREEN
 EMFTransactionalCommand.java ba4b5bead9768b6ce6c955b9238cd96cb722533c GREEN
 EclipseResourceStorageService.java e917c822c53eacada70188e66215d91241a29a5c GREEN
-ModelContext.java db1735834c85e7b508266f56463d011f2b72af0e GREEN
+ModelContext.java efa60d240cd7bd8900685c35afcc87f56e6995fb GREEN
 NonDirtyingEMFTransactionalCommand.java d288ebe35d22442c603496b0c917fb99a8febeea GREEN
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/ModelContext.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/ModelContext.java
index db1735834c85e7b508266f56463d011f2b72af0e..efa60d240cd7bd8900685c35afcc87f56e6995fb 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/ModelContext.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/internal/storage/eclipse/ModelContext.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.internal.storage.eclipse;
 
 import static java.lang.Math.max;
 import static org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI.createPlatformResourceURI;
-import static org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.resolveAll;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EMFResourceUtils.buildOptionsMap;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.LoggingUtils.error;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.LoggingUtils.warning;
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@ import org.eclipse.emf.common.command.BasicCommandStack;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.command.CommandStack;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.command.CommandStackListener;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notification;
-import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.Diagnostic;
-import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
@@ -283,7 +280,7 @@ class ModelContext implements ITopLevelElement, CommandStackListener {
 	/** Perform saving of the model. */
 	@Override
 	public synchronized void doSave(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException, CoreException {
-		monitor.beginTask("Saving...", rset.getResources().size() + 2);
+		monitor.beginTask("Saving...", 2);
 
 		// Step 1: Validate resource managed by kernel
 		// Perform ID checking before safe to not produce inconsistent models
@@ -328,22 +325,6 @@ class ModelContext implements ITopLevelElement, CommandStackListener {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Step 3..n: Save resources not managed by kernel
-		for(Resource currentResource : rset.getResources()) {
-			if(currentResource != resource && !editingDomain.isReadOnly(currentResource) &&
-					!currentResource.getContents().isEmpty()) {
-				// do not save resources which are not contained (by a FileProject)
-				try {
-					currentResource.save(saveOptions);
-				} catch(IOException e) {
-					if(exception == null) {
-						exception = e;
-					}
-				} finally {
-					monitor.worked(1);
-				}
-			}
-		}
 		monitor.done();
 
 		if(exception == null) {
@@ -505,39 +486,15 @@ class ModelContext implements ITopLevelElement, CommandStackListener {
 	@Override
 	public boolean delete() {
 
-		// Determine resources referenced by the resource managed by the kernel
-		EList<Resource> resourcesToDelete = new BasicEList<Resource>();
-		resolveAll(rset);
-		for(Resource currentResource : rset.getResources()) {
-			if(currentResource != resource) {
-				resourcesToDelete.add(currentResource);
-			}
-		}
-
-		boolean rval = true;
-
-		// First, delete resource managed by the kernel
 		try {
 			getFile().delete(false, null);
 		} catch(CoreException e) {
 			String msg = "Error during deletion of model file " + getFile().getName() + ".";
 			error(ToolingKernelActivator.getDefault(), msg);
-			rval = false;
-		}
-
-		// The, delete all other resources
-		for(Resource currentResource : resourcesToDelete) {
-			try {
-				currentResource.delete(null);
-			} catch(IOException e) {
-				String msg = "Error during deletion of model file ";
-				msg += currentResource.getURI().lastSegment() + ".";
-				error(ToolingKernelActivator.getDefault(), msg);
-				rval = false;
-			}
+			return false;
 		}
 
-		return rval;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */