diff --git a/app/Repositories/TransactionGroup/TransactionGroupRepository.php b/app/Repositories/TransactionGroup/TransactionGroupRepository.php
index 679d203136..18bb3bcbf9 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/TransactionGroup/TransactionGroupRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/TransactionGroup/TransactionGroupRepository.php
@@ -311,9 +311,7 @@ class   TransactionGroupRepository implements TransactionGroupRepositoryInterfac
     {
         /** @var GroupUpdateService $service */
         $service      = app(GroupUpdateService::class);
-        $updatedGroup = $service->update($transactionGroup, $data);
-
-        return $updatedGroup;
+        return $service->update($transactionGroup, $data);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Update/GroupUpdateService.php b/app/Services/Internal/Update/GroupUpdateService.php
index 0bca2eb1de..a6658b2195 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Update/GroupUpdateService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Update/GroupUpdateService.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Factory\TransactionJournalFactory;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Destroy\JournalDestroyService;
 use Log;
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ class GroupUpdateService
 
         Log::debug('Going to update split group.');
 
+        $existing = $transactionGroup->transactionJournals->pluck('id')->toArray();
+        $updated  = [];
+
         /**
          * @var int $index
          * @var array $transaction
@@ -96,9 +100,20 @@ class GroupUpdateService
             if (null !== $journal) {
                 Log::debug('Call updateTransactionJournal');
                 $this->updateTransactionJournal($transactionGroup, $journal, $transaction);
+                $updated[] = $journal->id;
                 Log::debug('Done calling updateTransactionJournal');
             }
         }
+        $result = array_diff($existing, $updated);
+        if (count($result) > 0) {
+            /** @var string $deletedId */
+            foreach ($result as $deletedId) {
+                $journal = $transactionGroup->transactionJournals()->find((int)$deletedId);
+                /** @var JournalDestroyService $service */
+                $service = app(JournalDestroyService::class);
+                $service->destroy($journal);
+            }
+        }
 
         app('preferences')->mark();