diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/mdm/interceptor/MdmStorageInterceptor.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/mdm/interceptor/MdmStorageInterceptor.java
index d2311f0aa42..b30a4408fda 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/mdm/interceptor/MdmStorageInterceptor.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/mdm/interceptor/MdmStorageInterceptor.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class MdmStorageInterceptor implements IMdmStorageInterceptor {
 
 	@Hook(Pointcut.STORAGE_PRESTORAGE_RESOURCE_DELETED)
 	public void deleteMdmLinks(RequestDetails theRequest, IBaseResource theResource) {
-		if (!MdmUtil.isMdmResourceType(myFhirContext, theResource)) {
+		if (!myMdmSettings.isSupportedMdmType(myFhirContext.getResourceType(theResource))) {
 			return;
 		}
 		myMdmLinkDeleteSvc.deleteWithAnyReferenceTo(theResource);
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-server-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/mdm/util/MdmUtil.java b/hapi-fhir-server-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/mdm/util/MdmUtil.java
index 31e5ad8f0b3..b0c5c7817c5 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-server-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/mdm/util/MdmUtil.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-server-mdm/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/mdm/util/MdmUtil.java
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 public final class MdmUtil {
 	private MdmUtil() {}
 
-
-	public static boolean isMdmResourceType(FhirContext theFhirContext, IBaseResource theResource) {
-		String resourceType = theFhirContext.getResourceType(theResource);
-		return ("Patient".equals(resourceType) ||
-			"Practitioner".equals(resourceType)) ||
-			"Person".equals(resourceType);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * If the resource is tagged as not managed by empi, return false. Otherwise true.
 	 * @param theBaseResource The Patient/Practitioner that is potentially managed by EMPI.