diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
index 673370b3820..fe8ad152f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/resources/dualwriter.go
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func (r *DualReadWriter) authorizeCreateFolder(ctx context.Context, _ string) er
 func (r *DualReadWriter) deleteFolder(ctx context.Context, opts DualWriteOptions) (*ParsedResource, error) {
 	// if the ref is set, it is not the active branch, so just delete the files from the branch
 	// and do not delete the items from grafana itself
-	if r.shouldUpdateGrafanaDB(opts, nil) {
+	if !r.shouldUpdateGrafanaDB(opts, nil) {
 		err := r.repo.Delete(ctx, opts.Path, opts.Ref, opts.Message)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error deleting folder from repository: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/files_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/files_test.go
index 455a59def07..3eed9171578 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/files_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/files_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestIntegrationProvisioning_DeleteResources(t *testing.T) {
-	// TODO: fix
-	t.Skip("Skipping this test while being worked on")
 	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	helper := runGrafana(t)