diff --git a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/BookmarkRecord.java b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/BookmarkRecord.java
index 8838316a46f0..6c50446cad52 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/BookmarkRecord.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/BookmarkRecord.java
@@ -150,9 +150,13 @@ public class BookmarkRecord extends Record {
     this.guid = payload.guid;
     checkGUIDs(p);
 
+    final Object del = p.get("deleted");
+    if (del instanceof Boolean) {
+      this.deleted = (Boolean) del;
+    }
+
     this.collection    = payload.collection;
     this.lastModified  = payload.lastModified;
-    this.deleted       = payload.deleted;
 
     this.type          = (String) p.get("type");
     this.title         = (String) p.get("title");
@@ -209,18 +213,23 @@ public class BookmarkRecord extends Record {
     CryptoRecord rec = new CryptoRecord(this);
     rec.payload = new ExtendedJSONObject();
     rec.payload.put("id", this.guid);
-    rec.payload.put("type", this.type);
-    rec.payload.put("title", this.title);
-    rec.payload.put("description", this.description);
-    rec.payload.put("parentid", this.parentID);
-    rec.payload.put("parentName", this.parentName);
-    if (isBookmark()) {
-      rec.payload.put("bmkUri", bookmarkURI);
-      rec.payload.put("keyword", keyword);
-      rec.payload.put("tags", this.tags);
-    }
-    if (isFolder()) {
-      rec.payload.put("children", this.children);
+
+    if (this.deleted) {
+      rec.payload.put("deleted", true);
+    } else {
+      putPayload(rec, "type", this.type);
+      putPayload(rec, "title", this.title);
+      putPayload(rec, "description", this.description);
+      putPayload(rec, "parentid", this.parentID);
+      putPayload(rec, "parentName", this.parentName);
+
+      if (isBookmark()) {
+        rec.payload.put("bmkUri", bookmarkURI);
+        rec.payload.put("keyword", keyword);
+        rec.payload.put("tags", this.tags);
+      } else if (isFolder()) {
+        rec.payload.put("children", this.children);
+      }
     }
     return rec;
   }
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/HistoryRecord.java b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/HistoryRecord.java
index 07a1b04f942c..6531b8090add 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/HistoryRecord.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/HistoryRecord.java
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ public class HistoryRecord extends Record {
     this.checkGUIDs(p);
 
     this.lastModified  = payload.lastModified;
-    this.deleted       = payload.deleted;
+    final Object del = p.get("deleted");
+    if (del instanceof Boolean) {
+      this.deleted = (Boolean) del;
+    }
 
     this.histURI = (String) p.get("histUri");
     this.title   = (String) p.get("title");
@@ -133,10 +136,15 @@ public class HistoryRecord extends Record {
     CryptoRecord rec = new CryptoRecord(this);
     rec.payload = new ExtendedJSONObject();
     Logger.debug(LOG_TAG, "Getting payload for history record " + this.guid + " (" + this.guid.length() + ").");
-    rec.payload.put("id",      this.guid);
-    rec.payload.put("title",   this.title);
-    rec.payload.put("histUri", this.histURI);             // TODO: encoding?
-    rec.payload.put("visits",  this.visits);
+
+    if (this.deleted) {
+      rec.payload.put("deleted", true);
+    } else {
+      putPayload(rec, "id",      this.guid);
+      putPayload(rec, "title",   this.title);
+      putPayload(rec, "histUri", this.histURI);             // TODO: encoding?
+      rec.payload.put("visits",  this.visits);
+    }
     return rec;
   }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/Record.java b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/Record.java
index 0fc050b0602a..26d221e78904 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/Record.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/sync/repositories/domain/Record.java
@@ -240,6 +240,20 @@ public abstract class Record {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Utility for safely populating an output CryptoRecord.
+   *
+   * @param rec
+   * @param key
+   * @param value
+   */
+  protected void putPayload(CryptoRecord rec, String key, String value) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    rec.payload.put(key, value);
+  }
+
   protected void checkGUIDs(ExtendedJSONObject payload) {
     String payloadGUID = (String) payload.get("id");
     if (this.guid == null ||