diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py b/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
index 3bb5c8812d1..5ebc0eef78d 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/views/private.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def project_subprojects(request, project_slug):
 @login_required
 def project_subprojects_delete(request, project_slug, child_slug):
     parent = get_object_or_404(Project.objects.for_admin_user(request.user), slug=project_slug)
-    child = get_object_or_404(Project.objects.for_admin_user(request.user), slug=child_slug)
+    child = get_object_or_404(Project.objects.all(), slug=child_slug)
     parent.remove_subproject(child)
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('projects_subprojects',
                                         args=[parent.slug]))
diff --git a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
index 13fd4bb15ed..d9c9c6a186a 100644
--- a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
+from django_dynamic_fixture import G, N
 
 from builds.constants import LATEST
 from projects.models import Project
@@ -168,3 +169,38 @@ def test_project_redirects(self):
     def test_project_redirects_delete(self):
         response = self.client.get('/dashboard/pip/redirects/delete/')
         self.assertRedirectToLogin(response)
+
+
+class SubprojectViewTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = N(User, username='test')
+        self.user.set_password('test')
+        self.user.save()
+
+        self.project = G(Project, slug='my-mainproject')
+        self.subproject = G(Project, slug='my-subproject')
+        self.project.add_subproject(self.subproject)
+
+        self.client.login(username='test', password='test')
+
+    def test_deny_delete_for_non_project_admins(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/dashboard/my-mainproject/subprojects/delete/my-subproject/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.subproject in [r.child for r in self.project.subprojects.all()])
+
+    def test_admins_can_delete_subprojects(self):
+        self.project.users.add(self.user)
+        self.subproject.users.add(self.user)
+
+        response = self.client.get('/dashboard/my-mainproject/subprojects/delete/my-subproject/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertTrue(self.subproject not in [r.child for r in self.project.subprojects.all()])
+
+    def test_project_admins_can_delete_subprojects_that_they_are_not_admin_of(self):
+        self.project.users.add(self.user)
+        self.assertFalse(self.subproject.user_is_admin(self.user))
+
+        response = self.client.get('/dashboard/my-mainproject/subprojects/delete/my-subproject/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertTrue(self.subproject not in [r.child for r in self.project.subprojects.all()])