diff --git a/user_relationship_defaults/user_relationship_defaults.module b/user_relationship_defaults/user_relationship_defaults.module
index 49290dd..75f36a9 100644
--- a/user_relationship_defaults/user_relationship_defaults.module
+++ b/user_relationship_defaults/user_relationship_defaults.module
@@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ function user_relationship_defaults_user_update(&$edit, $account) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_user_delete().
+ */
+function user_relationship_defaults_user_delete($account) {
+  if ($account->status) {
+    $defaults = db_query("SELECT * FROM user_relationship_defaults");
+    foreach ($defaults as $default)  {
+      if($account->uid == $default->uid) {
+        db_delete('user_relationship_defaults')
+          ->condition('uid', $account->uid)
+          ->execute();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function _user_relationship_defaults_create_default_relationships($account) {
   //note that if a new account is approved, then blocked and unblocked before the user logged in once,
   //it'll attempt to create default relationships again (there won't be any errors if they already exist, though)