diff --git a/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/api/impl/ProcessApiServiceImpl.scala b/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/api/impl/ProcessApiServiceImpl.scala
index 04fd8ef8..b5df83b5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/api/impl/ProcessApiServiceImpl.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/api/impl/ProcessApiServiceImpl.scala
@@ -728,12 +728,22 @@ final case class ProcessApiServiceImpl(
       val operationLabel = s"Deleting EService $eServiceId"
       logger.info(operationLabel)
 
+      def isDeletable(catalogItem: CatalogItem): Either[Throwable, Option[CatalogDescriptor]] = Either
+        .cond(
+          catalogItem.descriptors.isEmpty ||
+            (catalogItem.descriptors.length == 1 && catalogItem.descriptors.exists(_.state == Draft)),
+          catalogItem.descriptors.headOption,
+          EServiceWithDescriptorsNotDeletable(catalogItem.id.toString)
+        )
+
       val result: Future[Unit] = for {
         organizationId <- getOrganizationIdFutureUUID(contexts)
         eServiceUuid   <- eServiceId.toFutureUUID
         catalogItem    <- catalogManagementService.getEServiceById(eServiceUuid)
         _              <- assertRequesterAllowed(catalogItem.producerId)(organizationId)
-        result         <- catalogManagementService.deleteEService(eServiceId)
+        descriptor     <- isDeletable(catalogItem).toFuture
+        _      <- descriptor.fold(Future.unit)(d => catalogManagementService.deleteDraft(eServiceId, d.id.toString))
+        result <- catalogManagementService.deleteEService(eServiceId)
       } yield result
 
       onComplete(result) {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/service/impl/CatalogManagementServiceImpl.scala b/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/service/impl/CatalogManagementServiceImpl.scala
index 1cef23fd..3a257477 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/service/impl/CatalogManagementServiceImpl.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/service/impl/CatalogManagementServiceImpl.scala
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import it.pagopa.interop.catalogprocess.errors.CatalogProcessErrors.{
   DescriptorDocumentNotFound,
   EServiceDescriptorNotFound,
   EServiceNotFound,
-  EServiceRiskAnalysisNotFound,
-  EServiceWithDescriptorsNotDeletable
+  EServiceRiskAnalysisNotFound
 }
 import it.pagopa.interop.commons.logging.{CanLogContextFields, ContextFieldsToLog}
 
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ final case class CatalogManagementServiceImpl(invoker: CatalogManagementInvoker,
       invoker.invoke(request, s"E-Service $eServiceId deleted").recoverWith {
         case err: ApiError[_] if err.code == 404 =>
           Future.failed(EServiceNotFound(eServiceId))
-        case err: ApiError[_] if err.code == 409 => Future.failed(EServiceWithDescriptorsNotDeletable(eServiceId))
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/CatalogProcessSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/CatalogProcessSpec.scala
index d83941c1..7da7ef78 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/CatalogProcessSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/it/pagopa/interop/catalogprocess/CatalogProcessSpec.scala
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ import it.pagopa.interop.catalogprocess.errors.CatalogProcessErrors.{
   DescriptorDocumentNotFound,
   EServiceNotFound,
   EServiceRiskAnalysisNotFound,
-  AttributeNotFound,
-  EServiceWithDescriptorsNotDeletable
+  AttributeNotFound
 }
 import it.pagopa.interop.catalogprocess.model._
 import it.pagopa.interop.commons.cqrs.service.ReadModelService
@@ -3282,14 +3281,11 @@ class CatalogProcessSpec extends SpecHelper with AnyWordSpecLike with ScalatestR
         .once()
         .returns(Future.successful(eService))
 
-      (mockCatalogManagementService
-        .deleteEService(_: String)(_: Seq[(String, String)]))
-        .expects(eService.id.toString, *)
-        .returning(Future.failed(EServiceWithDescriptorsNotDeletable(SpecData.catalogItem.id.toString)))
-        .once()
-
       Delete() ~> service.deleteEService(SpecData.catalogItem.id.toString) ~> check {
         status shouldEqual StatusCodes.Conflict
+        val problem = responseAs[Problem]
+        problem.status shouldBe StatusCodes.Conflict.intValue
+        problem.errors.head.code shouldBe "009-0021"
       }
     }
     "fail if requester is not the Producer" in {