diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/Commands.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/Commands.php
index 2e67ef13fd39f17ea0a27b7d156c6ca357f76147..6c05d3de4b6b0fb6b2a189c369bf6e56483f5d35 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/Commands.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/Commands.php
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ class Commands
         }
         if (
             !$subNode->canBeEdited()
-            || !$subNode->canBeRemoved()
             || VersionState::cast($record['t3ver_state'])->equals(VersionState::DELETE_PLACEHOLDER)
         ) {
             $subNode->setDraggable(false);
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/PagetreeNode.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/PagetreeNode.php
index 82b39f58f3e10ea3ca21ab89f7ad45b2a32df4fa..c70371b43d6b581e2c33c6437863a120f76a03c8 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/PagetreeNode.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Tree/Pagetree/PagetreeNode.php
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ class PagetreeNode extends \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Tree\ExtDirectNode
         $arrayRepresentation['realId'] = $this->getId();
         $arrayRepresentation['nodeData']['id'] = $this->getId();
         $arrayRepresentation['readableRootline'] = $this->getReadableRootline();
+        $arrayRepresentation['canBeRemoved'] = $this->canBeRemoved();
         $arrayRepresentation['nodeData']['readableRootline'] = $this->getReadableRootline();
         $arrayRepresentation['nodeData']['mountPoint'] = $this->getMountPoint();
         $arrayRepresentation['nodeData']['workspaceId'] = $this->getWorkspaceId();
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/extjs/components/pagetree/javascript/tree.js b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/extjs/components/pagetree/javascript/tree.js
index abcbd0d7a63d70c7a178ee71faec833debee5712..3ec1e5dbd32cc81d1d4682d4b6a8019134387578 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/extjs/components/pagetree/javascript/tree.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/extjs/components/pagetree/javascript/tree.js
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ TYPO3.Components.PageTree.Tree = Ext.extend(Ext.tree.TreePanel, {
 	 */
 	initDd: function(treePanel, node) {
 		var nodeHasChildNodes = (node.hasChildNodes() || node.isExpandable());
-		if (this.deletionDropZoneId &&
+		if (this.deletionDropZoneId && node.attributes.canBeRemoved &&
 			(!nodeHasChildNodes ||
 			(nodeHasChildNodes && TYPO3.Components.PageTree.Configuration.canDeleteRecursivly)
 		)) {