diff --git a/sw/inc/frmfmt.hxx b/sw/inc/frmfmt.hxx
index 6daa2ad2b848..9d40d967858a 100644
--- a/sw/inc/frmfmt.hxx
+++ b/sw/inc/frmfmt.hxx
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ namespace sw
 {
     enum class DrawFrameFormatHintId {
         DYING,
-        DYING_FLYFRAMEFORMAT, /* possibly can be merged with DYING, if all client handle it and handle it the same */
         PREPPASTING,
         PREP_INSERT_FLY,
         PREP_DELETE_FLY,
diff --git a/sw/source/core/draw/dcontact.cxx b/sw/source/core/draw/dcontact.cxx
index b0e2e9a01025..9a4c78eb3d18 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/draw/dcontact.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/draw/dcontact.cxx
@@ -594,17 +594,6 @@ void SwFlyDrawContact::SwClientNotify(const SwModify& rMod, const SfxHint& rHint
     {
         pKillDrawHint->m_rpContact = this;
     }
-    else if (auto pDrawFrameFormatHint = dynamic_cast<const sw::DrawFrameFormatHint*>(&rHint))
-    {
-        switch(pDrawFrameFormatHint->m_eId)
-        {
-            case sw::DrawFrameFormatHintId::DYING_FLYFRAMEFORMAT:
-                dynamic_cast<SwFlyFrameFormat*>(const_cast<SwModify*>(&rMod))->ClearContact();
-                break;
-            default:
-                ;
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 // SwDrawContact
diff --git a/sw/source/core/layout/atrfrm.cxx b/sw/source/core/layout/atrfrm.cxx
index aff63bdec6e1..01c59236a505 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/layout/atrfrm.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/layout/atrfrm.cxx
@@ -2889,8 +2889,6 @@ SwFlyFrameFormat::~SwFlyFrameFormat()
         {
             SwFrame::DestroyFrame(pLast);
         } while( nullptr != ( pLast = aIter.Next() ));
-
-    CallSwClientNotify(sw::DrawFrameFormatHint(sw::DrawFrameFormatHintId::DYING_FLYFRAMEFORMAT));
 }
 
 /// Creates the Frames if the format describes a paragraph-bound frame.