diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
index 4b8d01fe84..1901641965 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ def update_db(conn, elt):
     vectorString = None
     cveId = elt['cve']['id']
     if elt['cve']['vulnStatus'] ==  "Rejected":
+        c = conn.cursor()
+        c.execute("delete from PRODUCTS where ID = ?;", [cveId])
+        c.execute("delete from NVD where ID = ?;", [cveId])
+        c.close()
         return
     cveDesc = ""
     for desc in elt['cve']['descriptions']: