diff --git a/app/web/src/store/components.store.ts b/app/web/src/store/components.store.ts
index ca66087de6..9b845d21ba 100644
--- a/app/web/src/store/components.store.ts
+++ b/app/web/src/store/components.store.ts
@@ -1686,11 +1686,15 @@ export const useComponentsStore = (forceChangeSetId?: ChangeSetId) => {
               {
                 eventType: "ConnectionDeleted",
                 callback: (edge, metadata) => {
-                  // If the component that updated wasn't in this change set,
-                  // don't update
                   if (metadata.change_set_id !== changeSetId) return;
-                  const e = edgeFromRawEdge(false)(edge);
-                  // this.edgesById[e.id] = e;
+                  // making TS happy, we don't need this data since we're just deleting
+                  const _edge = edge as RawEdge;
+                  _edge.toDelete = true;
+                  _edge.createdInfo = {
+                    actor: { kind: "system", label: "" },
+                    timestamp: "",
+                  };
+                  const e = edgeFromRawEdge(false)(_edge);
                   delete this.edgesById[e.id];
                 },
               },
diff --git a/app/web/src/store/realtime/realtime_events.ts b/app/web/src/store/realtime/realtime_events.ts
index 24b14b505e..1e1a236937 100644
--- a/app/web/src/store/realtime/realtime_events.ts
+++ b/app/web/src/store/realtime/realtime_events.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@ export type WsEventPayloadMap = {
     edges: RawEdge[];
   };
   ConnectionCreated: RawEdge;
-  ConnectionDeleted: RawEdge;
+  ConnectionDeleted: {
+    fromComponentId: string;
+    toComponentId: string;
+    fromSocketId: string;
+    toSocketId: string;
+  };
   ModuleImported: SchemaVariant[];
   WorkspaceImportBeginApprovalProcess: {
     workspacePk: WorkspacePk;
diff --git a/lib/dal/src/component.rs b/lib/dal/src/component.rs
index c3995b1351..6faec82ce9 100644
--- a/lib/dal/src/component.rs
+++ b/lib/dal/src/component.rs
@@ -3657,18 +3657,16 @@ impl Component {
             )
             .await?;
 
-            let from_component = Component::get_by_id(ctx, incoming.from_component_id).await?;
-            let to_component = Component::get_by_id(ctx, incoming.to_component_id).await?;
-            let edge = SummaryDiagramEdge::assemble(
-                incoming.clone(),
-                &from_component,
-                &to_component,
-                ChangeStatus::Deleted,
-            )?;
-            WsEvent::connection_deleted(ctx, edge)
-                .await?
-                .publish_on_commit(ctx)
-                .await?;
+            WsEvent::connection_deleted(
+                ctx,
+                incoming.from_component_id,
+                incoming.to_component_id,
+                incoming.from_output_socket_id,
+                incoming.to_input_socket_id,
+            )
+            .await?
+            .publish_on_commit(ctx)
+            .await?;
         }
 
         for outgoing in &original_outgoing_connections {
@@ -3681,18 +3679,16 @@ impl Component {
             )
             .await?;
 
-            let from_component = Component::get_by_id(ctx, outgoing.from_component_id).await?;
-            let to_component = Component::get_by_id(ctx, outgoing.to_component_id).await?;
-            let edge = SummaryDiagramEdge::assemble_outgoing(
-                outgoing.clone(),
-                &from_component,
-                &to_component,
-                ChangeStatus::Deleted,
-            )?;
-            WsEvent::connection_deleted(ctx, edge)
-                .await?
-                .publish_on_commit(ctx)
-                .await?;
+            WsEvent::connection_deleted(
+                ctx,
+                outgoing.from_component_id,
+                outgoing.to_component_id,
+                outgoing.from_output_socket_id,
+                outgoing.to_input_socket_id,
+            )
+            .await?
+            .publish_on_commit(ctx)
+            .await?;
         }
 
         // Let's requeue any Actions for the component
@@ -4157,8 +4153,6 @@ pub struct ConnectionDeletedPayload {
     to_component_id: ComponentId,
     from_socket_id: OutputSocketId,
     to_socket_id: InputSocketId,
-    change_set_id: ChangeSetId,
-    to_delete: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -4321,9 +4315,21 @@ impl WsEvent {
 
     pub async fn connection_deleted(
         ctx: &DalContext,
-        edge: SummaryDiagramEdge,
+        from_component_id: ComponentId,
+        to_component_id: ComponentId,
+        from_socket_id: OutputSocketId,
+        to_socket_id: InputSocketId,
     ) -> WsEventResult<Self> {
-        WsEvent::new(ctx, WsPayload::ConnectionDeleted(edge)).await
+        WsEvent::new(
+            ctx,
+            WsPayload::ConnectionDeleted(ConnectionDeletedPayload {
+                from_component_id,
+                to_component_id,
+                from_socket_id,
+                to_socket_id,
+            }),
+        )
+        .await
     }
 
     pub async fn component_updated(
diff --git a/lib/dal/src/ws_event.rs b/lib/dal/src/ws_event.rs
index 9868fa0a3f..4e6a71d453 100644
--- a/lib/dal/src/ws_event.rs
+++ b/lib/dal/src/ws_event.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ use crate::change_set::event::{
 };
 use crate::component::{
     ComponentCreatedPayload, ComponentDeletedPayload, ComponentSetPositionPayload,
-    ComponentUpdatedPayload, ComponentUpgradedPayload, InferredEdgeRemovePayload,
-    InferredEdgeUpsertPayload,
+    ComponentUpdatedPayload, ComponentUpgradedPayload, ConnectionDeletedPayload,
+    InferredEdgeRemovePayload, InferredEdgeUpsertPayload,
 };
 use crate::diagram::SummaryDiagramEdge;
 use crate::func::runner::FuncRunLogUpdatedPayload;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub enum WsPayload {
     ComponentUpdated(ComponentUpdatedPayload),
     ComponentUpgraded(ComponentUpgradedPayload),
     ConnectionCreated(SummaryDiagramEdge),
-    ConnectionDeleted(SummaryDiagramEdge),
+    ConnectionDeleted(ConnectionDeletedPayload),
     Cursor(CursorPayload),
     FuncArgumentsSaved(FuncWsEventPayload),
     FuncCodeSaved(FuncWsEventCodeSaved),
diff --git a/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/diagram/delete_connection.rs b/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/diagram/delete_connection.rs
index 6cc9c0de83..42bd8b47cb 100644
--- a/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/diagram/delete_connection.rs
+++ b/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/diagram/delete_connection.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use axum::extract::{Host, OriginalUri};
 use axum::{response::IntoResponse, Json};
-use dal::change_status::ChangeStatus;
-use dal::diagram::SummaryDiagramEdge;
 use dal::{
     ChangeSet, Component, ComponentId, InputSocket, InputSocketId, OutputSocket, OutputSocketId,
     Visibility, WsEvent,
@@ -74,22 +72,16 @@ pub async fn delete_connection(
         }),
     );
 
-    let from_component = Component::get_by_id(&ctx, request.from_component_id).await?;
-    let to_component = Component::get_by_id(&ctx, request.to_component_id).await?;
-    for incoming_connection in to_component.incoming_connections(&ctx).await? {
-        if incoming_connection.to_input_socket_id == request.to_socket_id {
-            let edge = SummaryDiagramEdge::assemble(
-                incoming_connection,
-                &from_component,
-                &to_component,
-                ChangeStatus::Deleted,
-            )?;
-            WsEvent::connection_deleted(&ctx, edge)
-                .await?
-                .publish_on_commit(&ctx)
-                .await?;
-        }
-    }
+    WsEvent::connection_deleted(
+        &ctx,
+        request.from_component_id,
+        request.to_component_id,
+        request.from_socket_id,
+        request.to_socket_id,
+    )
+    .await?
+    .publish_on_commit(&ctx)
+    .await?;
 
     ctx.commit().await?;