diff --git a/src/internal/m365/collection/drive/collection.go b/src/internal/m365/collection/drive/collection.go
index ecf254f80..a69e771a6 100644
--- a/src/internal/m365/collection/drive/collection.go
+++ b/src/internal/m365/collection/drive/collection.go
@@ -282,9 +282,7 @@ func (oc *Collection) getDriveItemContent(
 		}
 
 		if clues.HasLabel(err, graph.LabelStatus(http.StatusNotFound)) || graph.IsErrDeletedInFlight(err) {
-			logger.CtxErr(ctx, err).With("skipped_reason", fault.SkipNotFound).Info("item not found")
-			errs.AddSkip(ctx, fault.FileSkip(fault.SkipNotFound, driveID, itemID, itemName, graph.ItemInfo(item)))
-
+			logger.CtxErr(ctx, err).Info("item not found, probably deleted in flight")
 			return nil, clues.Wrap(err, "deleted item").Label(graph.LabelsSkippable)
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/internal/stats/stats.go b/src/internal/stats/stats.go
index 88f54b992..69f71d65a 100644
--- a/src/internal/stats/stats.go
+++ b/src/internal/stats/stats.go
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ func (bc *ByteCounter) Count(i int64) {
 type SkippedCounts struct {
 	TotalSkippedItems         int `json:"totalSkippedItems"`
 	SkippedMalware            int `json:"skippedMalware"`
-	SkippedNotFound           int `json:"skippedNotFound"`
 	SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile int `json:"skippedInvalidOneNoteFile"`
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/backup/backup.go b/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
index f9bee844b..fe741d798 100644
--- a/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
+++ b/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ func New(
 		skipCount = len(fe.Skipped)
 		failMsg   string
 
-		malware, notFound,
-		invalidONFile, otherSkips int
+		malware, invalidONFile, otherSkips int
 	)
 
 	if fe.Failure != nil {
@@ -103,8 +102,6 @@ func New(
 		switch true {
 		case s.HasCause(fault.SkipMalware):
 			malware++
-		case s.HasCause(fault.SkipNotFound):
-			notFound++
 		case s.HasCause(fault.SkipBigOneNote):
 			invalidONFile++
 		default:
@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@ func New(
 		SkippedCounts: stats.SkippedCounts{
 			TotalSkippedItems:         skipCount,
 			SkippedMalware:            malware,
-			SkippedNotFound:           notFound,
 			SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile: invalidONFile,
 		},
 	}
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@ func (b Backup) Values() []string {
 	if b.TotalSkippedItems > 0 {
 		status += fmt.Sprintf("%d skipped", b.TotalSkippedItems)
 
-		if b.SkippedMalware+b.SkippedNotFound+b.SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile > 0 {
+		if b.SkippedMalware+b.SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile > 0 {
 			status += ": "
 		}
 	}
@@ -245,10 +241,6 @@ func (b Backup) Values() []string {
 		skipped = append(skipped, fmt.Sprintf("%d malware", b.SkippedMalware))
 	}
 
-	if b.SkippedNotFound > 0 {
-		skipped = append(skipped, fmt.Sprintf("%d not found", b.SkippedNotFound))
-	}
-
 	if b.SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile > 0 {
 		skipped = append(skipped, fmt.Sprintf("%d invalid OneNote file", b.SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile))
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/backup/backup_test.go b/src/pkg/backup/backup_test.go
index 6cb009b3a..c1ce6f1cf 100644
--- a/src/pkg/backup/backup_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/backup/backup_test.go
@@ -166,17 +166,6 @@ func (suite *BackupUnitSuite) TestBackup_Values_statusVariations() {
 			},
 			expect: "test (2 skipped: 1 malware)",
 		},
-		{
-			name: "not found",
-			bup: backup.Backup{
-				Status: "test",
-				SkippedCounts: stats.SkippedCounts{
-					TotalSkippedItems: 2,
-					SkippedNotFound:   1,
-				},
-			},
-			expect: "test (2 skipped: 1 not found)",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "errors and malware",
 			bup: backup.Backup{
@@ -190,16 +179,15 @@ func (suite *BackupUnitSuite) TestBackup_Values_statusVariations() {
 			expect: "test (42 errors, 1 skipped: 1 malware)",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "errors and not found",
+			name: "errors and skipped",
 			bup: backup.Backup{
 				Status:     "test",
 				ErrorCount: 42,
 				SkippedCounts: stats.SkippedCounts{
 					TotalSkippedItems: 1,
-					SkippedNotFound:   1,
 				},
 			},
-			expect: "test (42 errors, 1 skipped: 1 not found)",
+			expect: "test (42 errors, 1 skipped)",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "errors and invalid OneNote",
@@ -221,11 +209,10 @@ func (suite *BackupUnitSuite) TestBackup_Values_statusVariations() {
 				SkippedCounts: stats.SkippedCounts{
 					TotalSkippedItems:         1,
 					SkippedMalware:            1,
-					SkippedNotFound:           1,
 					SkippedInvalidOneNoteFile: 1,
 				},
 			},
-			expect: "test (42 errors, 1 skipped: 1 malware, 1 not found, 1 invalid OneNote file)",
+			expect: "test (42 errors, 1 skipped: 1 malware, 1 invalid OneNote file)",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range table {
diff --git a/src/pkg/fault/item.go b/src/pkg/fault/item.go
index 8b5f8c929..166a914a7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fault/item.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fault/item.go
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ const (
 	// permanently fail any attempts to backup or restore.
 	SkipMalware skipCause = "malware_detected"
 
-	// SkipNotFound identifies that a file was skipped because we could
-	// not find it when trying to download contents
-	SkipNotFound skipCause = "file_not_found"
-
 	// SkipBigOneNote identifies that a file was skipped because it
 	// was big OneNote file and we can only download OneNote files which
 	// are less that 2GB in size.
diff --git a/src/pkg/services/m365/api/mail.go b/src/pkg/services/m365/api/mail.go
index 0064da90b..63c3684dd 100644
--- a/src/pkg/services/m365/api/mail.go
+++ b/src/pkg/services/m365/api/mail.go
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ func (c Mail) GetItem(
 			if graph.IsErrCannotOpenFileAttachment(err) {
 				logger.CtxErr(ctx, err).
 					With(
-						"skipped_reason", fault.SkipNotFound,
 						"attachment_id", ptr.Val(a.GetId()),
-						"attachment_size", ptr.Val(a.GetSize())).Info("attachment not found")
+						"attachment_size", ptr.Val(a.GetSize())).
+					Info("attachment not found")
 				// TODO This should use a `AddSkip` once we have
 				// figured out the semantics for skipping
 				// subcomponents of an item