diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
index b348793..ffc92f2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
@@ -391,6 +391,13 @@
             ctx.setOperation(IndexOperation.DELETE);
             lsmHarness.modify(ctx, false, dualTuple);
         }
+        
+        @Override
+        public void forceDelete(ITupleReference tuple) throws HyracksDataException, IndexException {
+            dualTuple.reset(tuple);
+            ctx.setOperation(IndexOperation.DELETE);
+            lsmHarness.forceModify(ctx, dualTuple);
+        }
 
         public MultiComparator getMultiComparator() {
             LSMRTreeOpContext concreteCtx = (LSMRTreeOpContext) ctx;