diff --git a/openslides/agenda/views.py b/openslides/agenda/views.py
index 2b0360d9a..0b98490d4 100644
--- a/openslides/agenda/views.py
+++ b/openslides/agenda/views.py
@@ -127,15 +127,22 @@ class ItemViewSet(ListModelMixin, RetrieveModelMixin, UpdateModelMixin, GenericV
                     self.permission_denied(request)
                 if type(speaker_ids) is int:
                     speaker_ids = [speaker_ids]
+                deleted_speaker_count = 0
                 for speaker_id in speaker_ids:
                     try:
                         speaker = Speaker.objects.get(pk=int(speaker_id))
                     except (ValueError, Speaker.DoesNotExist):
-                        raise ValidationError({'detail': _('Speaker does not exist.')})
-                    # Delete the speaker.
-                    speaker.delete()
-                    message = _('Speaker %s was successfully removed from the list of speakers.') % speaker
-
+                        pass
+                    else:
+                        speaker.delete()
+                        deleted_speaker_name = speaker
+                        deleted_speaker_count += 1
+                if deleted_speaker_count > 1:
+                    message = str(deleted_speaker_count) + ' ' + _('speakers have been removed from the list of speakers.')
+                elif deleted_speaker_count == 1:
+                    message = _('User %s has been removed from the list of speakers.') % deleted_speaker_name
+                else:
+                    message = _('No speakers have been removed from the list of speakers.')
         # Initiate response.
         return Response({'detail': message})
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/agenda/test_viewset.py b/tests/integration/agenda/test_viewset.py
index 01c87ae95..1083d7c35 100644
--- a/tests/integration/agenda/test_viewset.py
+++ b/tests/integration/agenda/test_viewset.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
@@ -203,13 +204,17 @@ class ManageSpeaker(TestCase):
         response = self.client.delete(
             reverse('item-manage-speaker', args=[self.item.pk]),
             {'speaker': '1'})
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data.get('detail'),
+                         ugettext('No speakers have been removed from the list of speakers.'))
 
     def test_remove_someone_else_invalid_data(self):
         response = self.client.delete(
             reverse('item-manage-speaker', args=[self.item.pk]),
             {'speaker': 'invalid'})
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data.get('detail'),
+                         ugettext('No speakers have been removed from the list of speakers.'))
 
     def test_remove_someone_else_non_admin(self):
         admin = get_user_model().objects.get(username='admin')