diff --git a/app/controllers/context_menus_controller.rb b/app/controllers/context_menus_controller.rb
index 1e37f623b..89bd243c3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/context_menus_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/context_menus_controller.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ class ContextMenusController < ApplicationController
 
     @priorities = IssuePriority.active.reverse
     @back = back_url
+    begin
+      # Recognize the controller and action from the back_url to determine
+      # which view triggered the context menu.
+      # @route => {:controller=>"issues", :action=>"show", :id=>"2"}
+      @route = Rails.application.routes.recognize_path(@back)
+    rescue ActionController::RoutingError
+      @route = {}
+    end
 
     @columns = params[:c]
 
diff --git a/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb b/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
index ee7eaa18c..3e9454f5f 100644
--- a/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/context_menus/issues.html.erb
@@ -173,8 +173,10 @@
   <li><%= context_menu_link sprite_icon('copy', l(:button_copy)), bulk_edit_issues_path(:ids => @issue_ids, :copy => '1'),
                             :class => 'icon icon-copy', :disabled => !@can[:copy] %></li>
 <% end %>
-  <li><%= context_menu_link sprite_icon('del', l(:button_delete_object, object_name: (@issue_ids.size > 1 ? l(:label_issue_plural) : l(:label_issue))).capitalize), issues_path(:ids => @issue_ids, :back_url => @back),
-                            :method => :delete, :data => {:confirm => issues_destroy_confirmation_message(@issues)}, :class => 'icon icon-del', :disabled => !@can[:delete] %></li>
+  <% if @route[:controller] == 'issues' && @route[:action] == 'index' %>
+    <li><%= context_menu_link sprite_icon('del', l(:button_delete_object, object_name: (@issue_ids.size > 1 ? l(:label_issue_plural) : l(:label_issue))).capitalize), issues_path(:ids => @issue_ids, :back_url => @back),
+                              :method => :delete, :data => {:confirm => issues_destroy_confirmation_message(@issues)}, :class => 'icon icon-del', :disabled => !@can[:delete] %></li>
+  <% end %>
 
   <%= call_hook(:view_issues_context_menu_end, {:issues => @issues, :can => @can, :back => @back }) %>
 </ul>