diff --git a/app/models/filter/resources.rb b/app/models/filter/resources.rb
index bde1a30d1..85950f857 100644
--- a/app/models/filter/resources.rb
+++ b/app/models/filter/resources.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ module Filter::Resources
     kind = resource.class.model_name.plural
     send "#{kind}=", send(kind).without(resource)
     empty? ? destroy! : save!
-  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique
-    destroy!
   end
 
   def buckets
diff --git a/test/models/filter_test.rb b/test/models/filter_test.rb
index 7635d0ff7..6d871326c 100644
--- a/test/models/filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/filter_test.rb
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ class FilterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_includes filter.as_params[:bucket_ids], buckets(:writebook).id
     assert_includes filter.buckets, buckets(:writebook)
 
-    users(:david).filters.create! tag_ids: [ tags(:mobile).id, tags(:web).id ], bucket_ids: [ buckets(:writebook).id ]
-    assert_difference "Filter.count", -1 do
-      tags(:web).destroy!
-    end
-
     assert_changes "filter.reload.updated_at" do
       tags(:mobile).destroy!
     end