diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 12574dd23..bc2b7f9c0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.15.6 (2009/??/??)
 * output_thread: check again if output is open on PAUSE
+* update: delete ignored symlinks from database
 
 
 ver 0.15.5 (2009/10/18)
diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index 24960b449..d5c9779c8 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -672,7 +672,11 @@ updateDirectory(struct directory *directory, const struct stat *st)
 			continue;
 
 		utf8 = fs_charset_to_utf8(ent->d_name);
-		if (utf8 == NULL || skip_symlink(directory, utf8)) {
+		if (utf8 == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		if (skip_symlink(directory, utf8)) {
+			delete_name_in(directory, utf8);
 			g_free(utf8);
 			continue;
 		}