diff --git a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
index 39360ab83872..df6e0a78c9db 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
@@ -416,6 +416,19 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
         return values;
     }
 
+    void handleReaderRemoved(final String url) {
+        ThreadUtils.postToBackgroundThread(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                BrowserDB.removeReadingListItemWithURL(getContentResolver(), url);
+                showToast(R.string.page_removed, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
+
+                final int count = BrowserDB.getReadingListCount(getContentResolver());
+                GeckoAppShell.sendEventToGecko(GeckoEvent.createBroadcastEvent("Reader:ListCountUpdated", Integer.toString(count)));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     private void handleReaderFaviconRequest(final String url) {
         (new UiAsyncTask<Void, Void, String>(ThreadUtils.getBackgroundHandler()) {
             @Override
@@ -529,6 +542,7 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
             "Menu:Add",
             "Menu:Remove",
             "Reader:ListStatusRequest",
+            "Reader:Removed",
             "Reader:Share",
             "Settings:Show",
             "Telemetry:Gather",
@@ -881,6 +895,7 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
             "Menu:Add",
             "Menu:Remove",
             "Reader:ListStatusRequest",
+            "Reader:Removed",
             "Reader:Share",
             "Settings:Show",
             "Telemetry:Gather",
@@ -1211,6 +1226,10 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
         } else if ("Reader:ListStatusRequest".equals(event)) {
             handleReaderListStatusRequest(message.getString("url"));
 
+        } else if ("Reader:Removed".equals(event)) {
+            final String url = message.getString("url");
+            handleReaderRemoved(url);
+
         } else if ("Reader:Share".equals(event)) {
             final String title = message.getString("title");
             final String url = message.getString("url");
diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
index d4ac8ceee7d4..4a455ea4dc7a 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -7323,6 +7323,13 @@ let Reader = {
         let url = aData;
         this.removeArticleFromCache(url, function(success) {
           this.log("Reader:Remove success=" + success + ", url=" + url);
+
+          if (success) {
+            sendMessageToJava({
+              type: "Reader:Removed",
+              url: url
+            });
+          }
         }.bind(this));
         break;
       }