diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/ITaxonomyService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/ITaxonomyService.cs
index 7ed74a8ef..a8da7e4c8 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/ITaxonomyService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/ITaxonomyService.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Services {
 
 
         IEnumerable<TermPart> GetTerms(int taxonomyId);
+        IEnumerable<TermPart> GetRootTerms(int taxonomyId);
         int GetTermsCount(int taxonomyId);
         TermPart GetTerm(int id);
         TermPart GetTermByName(int taxonomyId, string name);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TaxonomyService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TaxonomyService.cs
index f4ff87d11..89802a07f 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TaxonomyService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TaxonomyService.cs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Services {
             _contentManager.Remove(taxonomy.ContentItem);
 
             // Removing terms
-            foreach (var term in GetTerms(taxonomy.Id)) {
+            foreach (var term in GetRootTerms(taxonomy.Id)) {
                 DeleteTerm(term);
             }
 
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Services {
             return TermPart.Sort(result);
         }
 
+        public IEnumerable<TermPart> GetRootTerms(int taxonomyId) {
+            var result = _contentManager.Query<TermPart, TermPartRecord>()
+                .Where(x => x.TaxonomyId == taxonomyId && x.Path == "/")
+                .List();
+
+            return TermPart.Sort(result);
+        }
+
         public TermPart GetTermByPath(string path) {
             return _contentManager.Query<TermPart, TermPartRecord>()
                 .Join<AutoroutePartRecord>()