diff --git a/federation/ldap/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/ldap/LDAPFederationProvider.java b/federation/ldap/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/ldap/LDAPFederationProvider.java
index 010870ee2a..4ddd142f23 100755
--- a/federation/ldap/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/ldap/LDAPFederationProvider.java
+++ b/federation/ldap/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/ldap/LDAPFederationProvider.java
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ public class LDAPFederationProvider implements UserFederationProvider {
     @Override
     public boolean removeUser(RealmModel realm, UserModel user) {
         if (editMode == EditMode.READ_ONLY || editMode == EditMode.UNSYNCED) {
-            logger.warnf("User '%s' can't be deleted in LDAP as editMode is '%s'", user.getUsername(), editMode.toString());
-            return false;
+            logger.warnf("User '%s' can't be deleted in LDAP as editMode is '%s'. Deleting user just from Keycloak DB, but he will be re-imported from LDAP again once searched in Keycloak", user.getUsername(), editMode.toString());
+            return true;
         }
 
         LDAPObject ldapObject = loadAndValidateUser(realm, user);
diff --git a/server-spi/src/main/java/org/keycloak/models/UserFederationManager.java b/server-spi/src/main/java/org/keycloak/models/UserFederationManager.java
index 8f809f3389..ef8d182534 100755
--- a/server-spi/src/main/java/org/keycloak/models/UserFederationManager.java
+++ b/server-spi/src/main/java/org/keycloak/models/UserFederationManager.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class UserFederationManager implements UserProvider {
                 boolean localRemoved = session.userStorage().removeUser(realm, user);
                 managedUsers.remove(user.getId());
                 if (!localRemoved) {
-                    logger.warn("User removed from federation provider, but failed to remove him from keycloak model");
+                    logger.warn("User possibly removed from federation provider, but failed to remove him from keycloak model");
                 }
                 return localRemoved;
             } else {
diff --git a/testsuite/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/federation/ldap/base/FederationProvidersIntegrationTest.java b/testsuite/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/federation/ldap/base/FederationProvidersIntegrationTest.java
index 3ee6b70dcf..be8c97bd8d 100755
--- a/testsuite/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/federation/ldap/base/FederationProvidersIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/federation/ldap/base/FederationProvidersIntegrationTest.java
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ public class FederationProvidersIntegrationTest {
         }
     }
 
+
+    // TODO: Rather separate test for fullNameMapper to better test all the possibilities
     @Test
     public void testFullNameMapper() {
         KeycloakSession session = keycloakRule.startSession();
@@ -691,7 +693,7 @@ public class FederationProvidersIntegrationTest {
 
             }
 
-            Assert.assertFalse(session.users().removeUser(appRealm, user));
+            Assert.assertTrue(session.users().removeUser(appRealm, user));
         } finally {
             keycloakRule.stopSession(session, false);
         }
@@ -826,8 +828,12 @@ public class FederationProvidersIntegrationTest {
             LDAPObject ldapUser = ldapProvider.loadLDAPUserByUsername(appRealm, "johnkeycloak");
             ldapProvider.getLdapIdentityStore().validatePassword(ldapUser, "Password1");
 
-            // ATM it's not permitted to delete user in unsynced mode. Should be user deleted just locally instead?
-            Assert.assertFalse(session.users().removeUser(appRealm, user));
+            // User is deleted just locally
+            Assert.assertTrue(session.users().removeUser(appRealm, user));
+
+            // Assert user not available locally, but will be reimported from LDAP once searched
+            Assert.assertNull(session.userStorage().getUserByUsername("johnkeycloak", appRealm));
+            Assert.assertNotNull(session.users().getUserByUsername("johnkeycloak", appRealm));
         } finally {
             keycloakRule.stopSession(session, false);
         }