diff -urN thunar-orig/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c thunar/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
--- thunar-orig/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c	2012-05-03 16:40:08.679495118 +0100
+++ thunar/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c	2012-05-03 16:43:36.369496226 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 #include <thunar/thunar-simple-job.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-standard-view.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-standard-view-ui.h>
+#include <thunar/thunar-icon-view.h>
+#include <thunar/thunar-abstract-icon-view.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-templates-action.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-text-renderer.h>
 #include <thunar/thunar-thumbnailer.h>
@@ -3075,8 +3077,13 @@
   /* Get tree paths of selected files */
   selected_items = (*THUNAR_STANDARD_VIEW_GET_CLASS (standard_view)->get_selected_items) (standard_view);
 
-  /* Do nothing if the deleted row is not selected or there is more than one file selected */
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (g_list_find_custom (selected_items, path, (GCompareFunc) gtk_tree_path_compare) == NULL || g_list_length (selected_items) != 1))
+  /* Do nothing if the deleted row is not selected, if there is more than one file
+   * selected or if we are in single-click mode
+   */
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (g_list_find_custom (selected_items, path, (GCompareFunc) gtk_tree_path_compare) == NULL
+                    || g_list_length (selected_items) != 1
+                      || (THUNAR_IS_ABSTRACT_ICON_VIEW (standard_view)
+                          && exo_icon_view_get_single_click (EXO_ICON_VIEW (GTK_BIN (standard_view)->child)) )))
     {
       g_list_foreach (selected_items, (GFunc) gtk_tree_path_free, NULL);
       g_list_free (selected_items);