diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCache.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCache.java
index 70f40132d5..7a11131168 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCache.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCache.java
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ public interface ProjectCache {
   /** Invalidate the cached information about the given project. */
   public void evict(Project p);
 
+  /**
+   * Remove information about the given project from the cache. It will no
+   * longer be returned from {@link #all()}.
+   */
+  void remove(Project p);
+
   /** @return sorted iteration of projects. */
   public abstract Iterable<Project.NameKey> all();
 
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCacheImpl.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCacheImpl.java
index 51d8fb2f60..3b1f55c1b8 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCacheImpl.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/ProjectCacheImpl.java
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ public class ProjectCacheImpl implements ProjectCache {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void remove(final Project p) {
+    listLock.lock();
+    try {
+      SortedSet<Project.NameKey> n = list.get(ListKey.ALL);
+      n = new TreeSet<Project.NameKey>(n);
+      n.remove(p.getNameKey());
+      list.put(ListKey.ALL, Collections.unmodifiableSortedSet(n));
+    } finally {
+      listLock.unlock();
+    }
+    evict(p);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void onCreateProject(Project.NameKey newProjectName) {
     listLock.lock();
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/RefControlTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/RefControlTest.java
index 340db7e701..469dafe5fd 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/RefControlTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/RefControlTest.java
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ public class RefControlTest extends TestCase {
       public void evict(Project p) {
       }
 
+      @Override
+      public void remove(Project p) {
+      }
+
       @Override
       public Iterable<Project.NameKey> all() {
         return Collections.emptySet();