diff --git a/files/templates/comments.html b/files/templates/comments.html
index aaf8769b16..7252479b6b 100644
--- a/files/templates/comments.html
+++ b/files/templates/comments.html
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@
 										</button>
 									{% endif %}
 								</li>
-																
-								{% if v %}
+
+								{% if v and not c.deleted_utc %}
 									<button type="button" class="list-inline-item mr-3 btn nobackground" onclick="ToggleReplyBox('reply-to-{{c.id}}')"><i class="fas fa-reply" style="margin-top:0.35rem"></i></button>
 								{% endif %}
 								
@@ -391,7 +391,9 @@
 						<button type="button" class="btn caction py-0 nobackground px-1 text-muted copy-link" data-clipboard-text="{% if SITE == 'rdrama.net' %}https://rdrama.org{{c.shortlink}}{% else %}{{c.permalink}}{% endif %}"><i class="fas fa-copy"></i>Copy link</button>
 
 						{% if v %}
-							<button type="button" class="btn caction py-0 nobackground px-1 text-muted" onclick="ToggleReplyBox('reply-to-{{c.id}}')"><i class="fas fa-reply" aria-hidden="true"></i>Reply</button>
+							{% if not c.deleted_utc %}
+								<button type="button" class="btn caction py-0 nobackground px-1 text-muted" onclick="ToggleReplyBox('reply-to-{{c.id}}')"><i class="fas fa-reply" aria-hidden="true"></i>Reply</button>
+							{% endif %}
 
 							<button type="button" class="btn caction py-0 nobackground px-1 text-muted" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#reportCommentModal" onclick="report_commentModal('{{c.id}}','{{c.author_name}}',)"><i class="fas fa-flag fa-fw"></i>Report</button>
 
diff --git a/files/templates/submission.html b/files/templates/submission.html
index 277d662a84..8c009a2d78 100644
--- a/files/templates/submission.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission.html
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
-	{% if v %}
+	{% if v and not p.deleted_utc %}
 		<div id="comment-form-space-{{p.fullname}}" class="comment-write mb-3">
 			<form id="reply-to-{{p.fullname}}" action="/comment" method="post">
 				<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}">