diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ReactDiagramEditor.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ReactDiagramEditor.tsx
index ade2cda5c..3e744ddce 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ReactDiagramEditor.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ReactDiagramEditor.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type OwnProps = {
   completedProcessInstanceTasks?: ProcessInstanceTask[] | null;
   saveDiagram?: (..._args: any[]) => any;
   onDeleteFile?: (..._args: any[]) => any;
+  isPrimaryFile?: boolean;
   onSetPrimaryFile?: (..._args: any[]) => any;
   diagramXML?: string | null;
   fileName?: string;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export default function ReactDiagramEditor({
   completedProcessInstanceTasks,
   saveDiagram,
   onDeleteFile,
+  isPrimaryFile,
   onSetPrimaryFile,
   diagramXML,
   fileName,
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ export default function ReactDiagramEditor({
             a={targetUris.processModelFileShowPath}
             ability={ability}
           >
-            {fileName && (
+            {fileName && !isPrimaryFile && (
               <ButtonWithConfirmation
                 description={`Delete file ${fileName}?`}
                 onConfirmation={handleDelete}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelEditDiagram.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelEditDiagram.tsx
index c4be154cf..a11b875c2 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelEditDiagram.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelEditDiagram.tsx
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ export default function ProcessModelEditDiagram() {
         processModelId={params.process_model_id || ''}
         saveDiagram={saveDiagram}
         onDeleteFile={onDeleteFile}
+        isPrimaryFile={params.file_name === processModel?.primary_file_name}
         onSetPrimaryFile={onSetPrimaryFileCallback}
         diagramXML={bpmnXmlForDiagramRendering}
         fileName={params.file_name}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
index 6917188b9..34699d7d4 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessModelShow.tsx
@@ -264,25 +264,27 @@ export default function ProcessModelShow() {
       </Can>
     );
 
-    elements.push(
-      <Can
-        I="DELETE"
-        a={targetUris.processModelFileCreatePath}
-        ability={ability}
-      >
-        <ButtonWithConfirmation
-          kind="ghost"
-          renderIcon={TrashCan}
-          iconDescription="Delete File"
-          hasIconOnly
-          description={`Delete file: ${processModelFile.name}`}
-          onConfirmation={() => {
-            onDeleteFile(processModelFile.name);
-          }}
-          confirmButtonLabel="Delete"
-        />
-      </Can>
-    );
+    if (!isPrimaryBpmnFile) {
+      elements.push(
+        <Can
+          I="DELETE"
+          a={targetUris.processModelFileCreatePath}
+          ability={ability}
+        >
+          <ButtonWithConfirmation
+            kind="ghost"
+            renderIcon={TrashCan}
+            iconDescription="Delete File"
+            hasIconOnly
+            description={`Delete file: ${processModelFile.name}`}
+            onConfirmation={() => {
+              onDeleteFile(processModelFile.name);
+            }}
+            confirmButtonLabel="Delete"
+          />
+        </Can>
+      );
+    }
     if (processModelFile.name.match(/\.bpmn$/) && !isPrimaryBpmnFile) {
       elements.push(
         <Can I="PUT" a={targetUris.processModelShowPath} ability={ability}>