diff --git a/course/editsection.php b/course/editsection.php
index 231935f31be..b04440bf8fe 100644
--- a/course/editsection.php
+++ b/course/editsection.php
@@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ if ($deletesection) {
     $cancelurl = course_get_url($course, $sectioninfo, array('sr' => $sectionreturn));
     if (course_can_delete_section($course, $sectioninfo)) {
         $confirm = optional_param('confirm', false, PARAM_BOOL) && confirm_sesskey();
+        if (!$confirm && optional_param('sesskey', null, PARAM_RAW) !== null &&
+                empty($sectioninfo->summary) && empty($sectioninfo->sequence) && confirm_sesskey()) {
+            // Do not ask for confirmation if section is empty and sesskey is already provided.
+            $confirm = true;
+        }
         if ($confirm) {
             course_delete_section($course, $sectioninfo, true, true);
-            $courseurl = course_get_url($course, 0, array('sr' => $sectionreturn));
+            $courseurl = course_get_url($course, $sectioninfo->section - 1, array('sr' => $sectionreturn));
             redirect($courseurl);
         } else {
             if (get_string_manager()->string_exists('deletesection', 'format_' . $course->format)) {
diff --git a/course/format/renderer.php b/course/format/renderer.php
index 1180f32257b..f16bdd61ca3 100644
--- a/course/format/renderer.php
+++ b/course/format/renderer.php
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ abstract class format_section_renderer_base extends plugin_renderer_base {
                 $url = new moodle_url('/course/editsection.php', array(
                     'id' => $section->id,
                     'sr' => $sectionreturn,
-                    'delete' => 1));
+                    'delete' => 1,
+                    'sesskey' => sesskey()));
                 $controls['delete'] = array(
                     'url' => $url,
                     'icon' => 'i/delete',