diff --git a/src/common/utils/business-cascade.util.ts b/src/common/utils/business-cascade.util.ts
index 0d8a9ba..4a42576 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/business-cascade.util.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/business-cascade.util.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,24 @@ import { AttributeDefinitionEntity } from '../../entities/attribute-definition.e
 import { BookingEntity } from '../../entities/booking.entity';
 import { BusinessAttributeValueEntity } from '../../entities/business-attribute-value.entity';
 import { BusinessCategoryEntity } from '../../entities/business-category.entity';
+import { BusinessServiceRequestEntity } from '../../entities/business-service-request.entity';
 import { BusinessServiceEntity } from '../../entities/business-service.entity';
 import { BusinessImageEntity } from '../../entities/business-image.entity';
 import { BusinessAvailabilitySlotEntity } from '../../entities/business-availability-slot.entity';
 import { BusinessEntity } from '../../entities/business.entity';
 import { ServiceTemplateEntity } from '../../entities/service-template.entity';
 
-/** Remove a business and all rows that block FK deletes in production DB. */
+/** Remove a business and dependent rows that block FK deletes. */
 export async function deleteBusinessCascade(
   manager: EntityManager,
   businessId: string,
-  onBeforeDeleteBusiness?: (businessId: string) => Promise<void>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   await manager.delete(BookingEntity, { businessId });
+  await manager.delete(BusinessServiceRequestEntity, { businessId });
   await manager.delete(BusinessAvailabilitySlotEntity, { businessId });
   await manager.delete(BusinessServiceEntity, { businessId });
   await manager.delete(BusinessAttributeValueEntity, { businessId });
   await manager.delete(BusinessImageEntity, { businessId });
-  if (onBeforeDeleteBusiness) {
-    await onBeforeDeleteBusiness(businessId);
-  }
 
   const result = await manager.delete(BusinessEntity, businessId);
   if (!result.affected) {
@@ -36,10 +34,9 @@ export async function deleteCategoryCascade(
   manager: EntityManager,
   categoryId: string,
   businessIds: string[],
-  onBeforeDeleteBusiness?: (businessId: string) => Promise<void>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   for (const businessId of businessIds) {
-    await deleteBusinessCascade(manager, businessId, onBeforeDeleteBusiness);
+    await deleteBusinessCascade(manager, businessId);
   }
 
   await manager.delete(ServiceTemplateEntity, { categoryId });
diff --git a/src/modules/business-categories/business-categories.service.ts b/src/modules/business-categories/business-categories.service.ts
index 6dd6ea2..a539f5f 100644
--- a/src/modules/business-categories/business-categories.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/business-categories/business-categories.service.ts
@@ -89,10 +89,16 @@ export class BusinessCategoriesService {
     });
 
     const businessIds = businesses.map((b) => b.id);
+    const imageUrls = (
+      await Promise.all(
+        businessIds.map((businessId) => this.images.listUrlsForBusiness(businessId)),
+      )
+    ).flat();
+
     await this.dataSource.transaction(async (manager) => {
-      await deleteCategoryCascade(manager, id, businessIds, async (businessId) => {
-        await this.images.removeAllForBusiness(businessId);
-      });
+      await deleteCategoryCascade(manager, id, businessIds);
     });
+
+    this.images.deleteFiles(imageUrls);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/businesses/business-images.service.ts b/src/modules/businesses/business-images.service.ts
index 120ce86..ebfc1e9 100644
--- a/src/modules/businesses/business-images.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/businesses/business-images.service.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,23 @@ export class BusinessImagesService {
     }
   }
 
-  async removeAllForBusiness(businessId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const images = await this.imageRepo.find({ where: { businessId } });
-    for (const image of images) {
-      this.deleteFile(image.url);
+  async listUrlsForBusiness(businessId: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    const images = await this.imageRepo.find({
+      where: { businessId },
+      select: ['url'],
+    });
+    return images.map((image) => image.url);
+  }
+
+  deleteFiles(urls: string[]): void {
+    for (const url of urls) {
+      this.deleteFile(url);
     }
+  }
+
+  async removeAllForBusiness(businessId: string): Promise<void> {
+    const urls = await this.listUrlsForBusiness(businessId);
+    this.deleteFiles(urls);
     await this.imageRepo.delete({ businessId });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/businesses/businesses.service.ts b/src/modules/businesses/businesses.service.ts
index 7e195e7..88ba82d 100644
--- a/src/modules/businesses/businesses.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/businesses/businesses.service.ts
@@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ export class BusinessesService {
   async remove(id: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.findOne(id);
 
+    const imageUrls = await this.images.listUrlsForBusiness(id);
+
     await this.dataSource.transaction(async (manager) => {
-      await deleteBusinessCascade(manager, id, async (businessId) => {
-        await this.images.removeAllForBusiness(businessId);
-      });
+      await deleteBusinessCascade(manager, id);
     });
+
+    this.images.deleteFiles(imageUrls);
   }
 
   async getAvailability(businessId: string) {