diff --git a/tailbone/templates/master/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/master/index.mako
index 36f039e4..460aa9d0 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/master/index.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/master/index.mako
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   % endif
 
   ## delete selected objects
-  % if request.has_perm('{}.delete_set'.format(permission_prefix)):
+  % if master.set_deletable and request.has_perm('{}.delete_set'.format(permission_prefix)):
       ${h.form(url('{}.delete_set'.format(route_prefix)), name='delete-set')}
       ${h.csrf_token(request)}
       ${h.hidden('uuids')}