diff --git a/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/editors/ObiEditor.tsx b/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/editors/ObiEditor.tsx
index 806fbaf985..0fe3f71dfb 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/editors/ObiEditor.tsx
+++ b/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/editors/ObiEditor.tsx
@@ -68,37 +68,7 @@ export const ObiEditor: FC<ObiEditorProps> = ({
         break;
       case NodeEventTypes.Delete:
         handler = e => {
-          // TODO: move the shared logic into shared lib as a generic destruction process
-          const findLgTemplates = (value: any): string[] => {
-            const targetNames = ['prompt', 'unrecognizedPrompt', 'defaultValueResponse', 'invalidPrompt', 'activity'];
-            const targets: string[] = [];
-
-            targetNames.forEach(name => {
-              if (has(value, name)) {
-                targets.push(get(value, name));
-              }
-            });
-
-            const templates: string[] = [];
-            targets.forEach(target => {
-              // only match auto generated lg temapte name
-              const reg = /\[(bfd((?:activity)|(?:prompt)|(?:unrecognizedPrompt)|(?:defaultValueResponse)|(?:invalidPrompt))-\d{6})\]/g;
-              let matchResult;
-              while ((matchResult = reg.exec(target)) !== null) {
-                const templateName = matchResult[1];
-                templates.push(templateName);
-              }
-            });
-
-            return templates;
-          };
-
-          const cleanLgTemplate = async (removedData: any): Promise<void> => {
-            const templateNames: string[] = findLgTemplates(removedData);
-            const lgFileId = 'common';
-            await removeLgTemplates(lgFileId, templateNames);
-          };
-          onChange(deleteNode(data, e.id, cleanLgTemplate));
+          onChange(deleteNode(data, e.id, (lgTemplates: string[]) => removeLgTemplates('common', lgTemplates)));
           onFocusSteps([]);
         };
         break;
@@ -140,7 +110,9 @@ export const ObiEditor: FC<ObiEditorProps> = ({
         break;
       case NodeEventTypes.DeleteSelection:
         handler = e => {
-          const dialog = deleteNodes(data, e.actionIds);
+          const dialog = deleteNodes(data, e.actionIds, (lgTemplates: string[]) =>
+            removeLgTemplates('common', lgTemplates)
+          );
           onChange(dialog);
           onFocusSteps([]);
         };
diff --git a/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/utils/jsonTracker.ts b/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/utils/jsonTracker.ts
index f8808f1c73..bf38d538c0 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/utils/jsonTracker.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/extensions/visual-designer/src/utils/jsonTracker.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import { cloneDeep, get, set } from 'lodash';
-import { seedNewDialog, deepCopyAction } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { seedNewDialog, deepCopyAction, deleteAction, deleteActions } from '@bfc/shared';
 
 import { getFriendlyName } from '../components/nodes/utils';
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function queryNode(inputDialog, path) {
   return target.currentData;
 }
 
-export function deleteNode(inputDialog, path, callbackOnRemovedData?: (removedData: any) => any) {
+export function deleteNode(inputDialog, path, deleteLgTemplates: (lgTempaltes: string[]) => any) {
   const dialog = cloneDeep(inputDialog);
   const target = locateNode(dialog, path);
   if (!target) return dialog;
@@ -112,15 +112,12 @@ export function deleteNode(inputDialog, path, callbackOnRemovedData?: (removedDa
     delete parentData[currentKey];
   }
 
-  // invoke callback handler
-  if (callbackOnRemovedData && typeof callbackOnRemovedData === 'function') {
-    callbackOnRemovedData(deletedData);
-  }
+  deleteAction(deletedData, deleteLgTemplates);
 
   return dialog;
 }
 
-export function deleteNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds: string[], callbackOnRemovedData?: (removedData: any) => any) {
+export function deleteNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds: string[], deleteLgTemplates: (lgTempaltes: string[]) => any) {
   const dialog = cloneDeep(inputDialog);
 
   const nodeLocations = nodeIds.map(id => locateNode(dialog, id));
@@ -146,10 +143,7 @@ export function deleteNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds: string[], callbackOnRemovedDat
     }
   });
 
-  // invoke callback handler
-  if (callbackOnRemovedData && typeof callbackOnRemovedData === 'function') {
-    deletedNodes.forEach(x => callbackOnRemovedData(x));
-  }
+  deleteActions(deletedNodes, deleteLgTemplates);
 
   return dialog;
 }
@@ -178,7 +172,8 @@ export function copyNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds: string[]): any[] {
 
 export function cutNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds: string[]) {
   const nodesData = copyNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds);
-  const newDialog = deleteNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds);
+  // TODO: revisit how does cut/paste work with undo/redo #1212
+  const newDialog = deleteNodes(inputDialog, nodeIds, () => {});
 
   return { dialog: newDialog, cutData: nodesData };
 }