diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a43ccf1477..4bbc515bba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-24  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/actions/documents-commands.c
+	(documents_remove_dangling_foreach): also remove the dangling item
+	from GtkRecentManager.
+
 2008-03-24  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	Do not any longer keep the document history in two places. We only
diff --git a/app/actions/documents-commands.c b/app/actions/documents-commands.c
index 1e8a2924fa..a1c19e8d21 100644
--- a/app/actions/documents-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/documents-commands.c
@@ -171,15 +171,16 @@ documents_remove_cmd_callback (GtkAction *action,
   GimpContainerEditor *editor = GIMP_CONTAINER_EDITOR (data);
   GimpContext         *context;
   GimpImagefile       *imagefile;
+  const gchar         *uri;
 
   context   = gimp_container_view_get_context (editor->view);
   imagefile = gimp_context_get_imagefile (context);
 
   gimp_container_view_remove_active (editor->view);
 
-  gtk_recent_manager_remove_item (gtk_recent_manager_get_default (),
-                                  gimp_object_get_name (GIMP_OBJECT (imagefile)),
-                                  NULL);
+  uri = gimp_object_get_name (GIMP_OBJECT (imagefile));
+
+  gtk_recent_manager_remove_item (gtk_recent_manager_get_default (), uri, NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -285,7 +286,12 @@ documents_remove_dangling_foreach (GimpImagefile *imagefile,
   if (gimp_thumbnail_peek_image (imagefile->thumbnail) ==
       GIMP_THUMB_STATE_NOT_FOUND)
     {
+      const gchar *uri = gimp_object_get_name (GIMP_OBJECT (imagefile));
+
       gimp_container_remove (container, GIMP_OBJECT (imagefile));
+
+      gtk_recent_manager_remove_item (gtk_recent_manager_get_default (), uri,
+                                      NULL);
     }
 }