diff --git a/app/permissions.ts b/app/permissions.ts
index ee79929ce..44cff55bc 100644
--- a/app/permissions.ts
+++ b/app/permissions.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ interface CanDeleteCommentArgs {
 }
 export function canDeleteComment(args: CanDeleteCommentArgs) {
   if (isFirstSuggestion(args)) {
-    return allTruthy([!isVotingActive(), isOwnComment(args)]);
+    return allTruthy([
+      !isVotingActive(),
+      isOwnComment(args),
+      suggestionHasNoOtherComments(args),
+    ]);
   }
 
   return isOwnComment(args);
@@ -106,6 +110,21 @@ function isOwnComment({ author, user }: CanDeleteCommentArgs) {
   return author.id === user?.id;
 }
 
+function suggestionHasNoOtherComments({
+  suggestions,
+  suggestionId,
+}: Pick<CanDeleteCommentArgs, "suggestionId" | "suggestions">) {
+  for (const suggestedUser of Object.values(suggestions).flat()) {
+    for (const suggestion of suggestedUser.suggestions) {
+      if (suggestion.id !== suggestionId) continue;
+
+      return suggestedUser.suggestions.length === 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Invalid suggestion id: ${suggestionId}`);
+}
+
 interface CanSuggestNewUserFEArgs {
   user?: Pick<User, "id" | "plusTier">;
   suggestions: plusSuggestions.FindVisibleForUser;
diff --git a/app/utils/arrays.ts b/app/utils/arrays.ts
index fd025a626..c57bc7a48 100644
--- a/app/utils/arrays.ts
+++ b/app/utils/arrays.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// xxx: should instead take array of functions to improve efficiency (not run them all if not necessary)
 export function allTruthy(arr: unknown[]) {
   return arr.every(Boolean);
 }