diff --git a/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
index ff2df9844..a6259e650 100644
--- a/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/assets_controller.rb
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class AssetsController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     if @asset.destroy
-      render json: { flash: 'File deleted' }
+      render json: { flash: I18n.t("assets.file_deleted", file_name: @asset.file_name ) }
     else
       render json: {}, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
diff --git a/app/views/assets/_asset.html.erb b/app/views/assets/_asset.html.erb
index 9d9b1de43..08be9a957 100644
--- a/app/views/assets/_asset.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/assets/_asset.html.erb
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 <%
 gallery_view_id = nil unless defined? gallery_view_id
-
-unless defined? deletable
-  deletable = if asset.step.present?
-                true
-              else
-                false
-              end
-end
-
-unless defined? editable
-  editable = true
-end
+deletable = true if asset.step.present?
+editable = true
 
 partial_locals = {
   asset: asset,
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 089fb14d0..91ae4b39c 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ en:
     task_completed: "%{user} completed task %{module}. %{date} | Project: %{project} | Experiment: %{experiment}"
 
   assets:
+    file_deleted: "File \"%{file_name}\" deleted"
     head_title:
       edit: "SciNote | %{file_name} | Edit"
       view: "SciNote | %{file_name} | View"