diff --git a/test_data/all_data/anything-data.ttl b/test_data/all_data/anything-data.ttl
index 2ca73a175e..b9f016eaad 100644
--- a/test_data/all_data/anything-data.ttl
+++ b/test_data/all_data/anything-data.ttl
@@ -1892,7 +1892,20 @@
   knora-base:listNodeName "List014";
   knora-base:hasRootNode <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList>;
   knora-base:listNodePosition 3;
-  rdfs:label "List014"@en .
+  rdfs:label "List014"@en ;
+  knora-base:hasSubListNode <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0141>, <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0142>.
+
+<http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0141> a knora-base:ListNode;
+  knora-base:listNodeName "first child of node 014";
+  knora-base:hasRootNode <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList>;
+  knora-base:listNodePosition 0;
+  rdfs:label "first child of node 014"@en .
+
+<http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0142> a knora-base:ListNode;
+    knora-base:listNodeName "second child of node 014";
+    knora-base:hasRootNode <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList>;
+    knora-base:listNodePosition 0;
+    rdfs:label "second child of node 014"@en .
 
 <http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList015> a knora-base:ListNode;
   knora-base:listNodeName "List015";
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ListsResponderADM.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ListsResponderADM.scala
index aa3dbe9151..abcef8929c 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ListsResponderADM.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ListsResponderADM.scala
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ class ListsResponderADM(responderData: ResponderData) extends Responder(responde
         }
 
         // shift the siblings that were positioned after the deleted node, one place to left.
-        updatedChildren <- if (remainingChildren.size > 1) {
+        updatedChildren <- if (remainingChildren.size > 0) {
           for {
             shiftedChildren <- shiftNodes(
               startPos = positionOfDeletedNode + 1,
diff --git a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/DeleteListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/DeleteListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
index 53aea57f5e..2be4eef75d 100644
--- a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/DeleteListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/e2e/admin/lists/DeleteListItemsRouteADME2ESpec.scala
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ class DeleteListItemsRouteADME2ESpec
         response.status should be(StatusCodes.Forbidden)
       }
 
+      "delete first of two child node and remaining child" in {
+        val encodedNodeUrl = java.net.URLEncoder.encode("http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0141", "utf-8")
+        val request = Delete(baseApiUrl + s"/admin/lists/" + encodedNodeUrl) ~> addCredentials(
+          BasicHttpCredentials(anythingAdminUserCreds.user.email, anythingAdminUserCreds.password))
+        val response: HttpResponse = singleAwaitingRequest(request)
+        response.status should be(StatusCodes.OK)
+        val node = AkkaHttpUtils.httpResponseToJson(response).fields("node").convertTo[ListNodeADM]
+        node.getNodeId should be("http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList014")
+        val children = node.getChildren
+        children.size should be(1)
+        // last child must be shifted one place to left
+        val leftChild = children.head
+        leftChild.id should be("http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList0142")
+        leftChild.position should be(0)
+      }
       "delete a middle node and shift its siblings" in {
         val encodedNodeUrl = java.net.URLEncoder.encode("http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/notUsedList02", "utf-8")
         val request = Delete(baseApiUrl + s"/admin/lists/" + encodedNodeUrl) ~> addCredentials(