diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
index 8b715d3786..b8a0397b9e 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
@@ -34,14 +34,11 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaSegments;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Sorting;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Trickplay;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Drawing;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Dto;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
@@ -343,9 +340,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             DeleteItem(item, options, parent, notifyParentItem);
         }
 
-        public void DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(IEnumerable<BaseItem> items)
+        public void DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(IReadOnlyCollection<BaseItem> items, bool deleteSourceFiles = false)
         {
-            var pathMaps = items.Select(e => (Item: e, InternalPath: GetInternalMetadataPaths(e), DeletePaths: e.GetDeletePaths())).ToArray();
+            var pathMaps = items.Select(e =>
+                (Item: e,
+                InternalPath: GetInternalMetadataPaths(e),
+                DeletePaths: deleteSourceFiles ? e.GetDeletePaths() : [])).ToArray();
 
             foreach (var (item, internalPaths, pathsToDelete) in pathMaps)
             {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/ArtistsValidator.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/ArtistsValidator.cs
index b196b1e038..02998cbff7 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/ArtistsValidator.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/ArtistsValidator.cs
@@ -104,26 +104,17 @@ public class ArtistsValidator
             IncludeItemTypes = [BaseItemKind.MusicArtist],
             IsDeadArtist = true,
             IsLocked = false
-        }).Cast<MusicArtist>().ToList();
+        }).Cast<MusicArtist>()
+        .Where(item => item.IsAccessedByName)
+        .ToList();
 
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
-            if (!item.IsAccessedByName)
-            {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-
-            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
-                item,
-                new DeleteOptions
-                {
-                    DeleteFileLocation = false
-                },
-                false);
         }
 
+        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+
         progress.Report(100);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/GenresValidator.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/GenresValidator.cs
index badd6f1183..fc5a2fa0c5 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/GenresValidator.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/GenresValidator.cs
@@ -114,16 +114,10 @@ public class GenresValidator
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-
-            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
-                item,
-                new DeleteOptions
-                {
-                    DeleteFileLocation = false
-                },
-                false);
         }
 
+        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+
         progress.Report(100);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeopleValidator.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeopleValidator.cs
index f9a6f0d19e..dacef102dd 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeopleValidator.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/PeopleValidator.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class PeopleValidator
         var i = 0;
         foreach (var item in deadEntities.Chunk(500))
         {
-            _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(item);
+            _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(item, true);
             subProgress.Report(100f / deadEntities.Count * (i++ * 100));
         }
 
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/StudiosValidator.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/StudiosValidator.cs
index 9fb6869171..88f86ae6ca 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/StudiosValidator.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/Validators/StudiosValidator.cs
@@ -115,16 +115,10 @@ public class StudiosValidator
         foreach (var item in deadEntities)
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Deleting dead {ItemType} {ItemId} {ItemName}", item.GetType().Name, item.Id.ToString("N", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), item.Name);
-
-            _libraryManager.DeleteItem(
-                item,
-                new DeleteOptions
-                {
-                    DeleteFileLocation = false
-                },
-                false);
         }
 
+        _libraryManager.DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(deadEntities, deleteSourceFiles: true);
+
         progress.Report(100);
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
index bcabfff772..5c391098d3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/ILibraryManager.cs
@@ -391,8 +391,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
         /// Deletes items that are not having any children like Actors.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="items">Items to delete.</param>
+        /// <param name="deleteSourceFiles">Whether to delete source media files on disk. Defaults to false.</param>
         /// <remarks>In comparison to <see cref="DeleteItem(BaseItem, DeleteOptions, BaseItem, bool)"/> this method skips a lot of steps assuming there are no children to recusively delete nor does it define the special handling for channels and alike.</remarks>
-        public void DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(IEnumerable<BaseItem> items);
+        public void DeleteItemsUnsafeFast(IReadOnlyCollection<BaseItem> items, bool deleteSourceFiles = false);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Deletes the item.