diff --git a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
index 87d8b39ece6..83dc28616b2 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
+++ b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/database/entities/DatabaseEntitiesRepository.kt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class DatabaseEntitiesRepository(context: Context, dbPath: String) : EntitiesRep
         databaseConnection.withConnection {
             getLists().forEach {
                 writableDatabase.delete(
-                    it,
+                    "`$it`",
                     "${EntitiesTable.COLUMN_ID} = ?",
                     arrayOf(id)
                 )
diff --git a/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/entities/EntitiesRepositoryTest.kt b/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/entities/EntitiesRepositoryTest.kt
index 6a09b148bc9..1c63b0277d5 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/entities/EntitiesRepositoryTest.kt
+++ b/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/entities/EntitiesRepositoryTest.kt
@@ -428,6 +428,27 @@ abstract class EntitiesRepositoryTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `#delete supports list names with dots and dashes`() {
+        val repository = buildSubject()
+
+        val leoville = Entity.New("1", "Léoville Barton 2008")
+
+        repository.save("wines.x", leoville)
+        repository.save("wines-x", leoville)
+
+        repository.delete("1")
+
+        assertThat(
+            repository.getEntities("wines.x").isEmpty(),
+            equalTo(true)
+        )
+        assertThat(
+            repository.getEntities("wines-x").isEmpty(),
+            equalTo(true)
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `#delete updates index values so that they are always in sequence and start at 0`() {
         val repository = buildSubject()