diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepository.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepository.java
index d8bb707cb..00a63a90f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepository.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepository.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ public class SimpleJobRepository implements JobRepository {
 	public void deleteJobExecution(JobExecution jobExecution) {
 		this.ecDao.deleteExecutionContext(jobExecution);
 		this.jobExecutionDao.deleteJobExecutionParameters(jobExecution);
+		for (StepExecution stepExecution : jobExecution.getStepExecutions()) {
+			deleteStepExecution(stepExecution);
+		}
 		this.jobExecutionDao.deleteJobExecution(jobExecution);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
index 10ca56f3e..da5967961 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/support/SimpleJobRepositoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.StepExecutionDao;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.StepSupport;
 
 /**
- * Test SimpleJobRepository. The majority of test cases are tested using EasyMock,
- * however, there were some issues with using it for the stepExecutionDao when testing
- * finding or creating steps, so an actual mock class had to be written.
+ * Test SimpleJobRepository. The majority of test cases are tested using Mockito, however,
+ * there were some issues with using it for the stepExecutionDao when testing finding or
+ * creating steps, so an actual mock class had to be written.
  *
  * @author Lucas Ward
  * @author Will Schipp
@@ -345,4 +345,25 @@ class SimpleJobRepositoryTests {
 		assertEquals(this.jobInstance, jobInstance);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testDeleteJobExecution() {
+		// given
+		StepExecution stepExecution1 = mock(StepExecution.class);
+		StepExecution stepExecution2 = mock(StepExecution.class);
+		JobExecution jobExecution = mock(JobExecution.class);
+		when(jobExecution.getStepExecutions()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(stepExecution1, stepExecution2));
+
+		// when
+		this.jobRepository.deleteJobExecution(jobExecution);
+
+		// then
+		verify(this.ecDao).deleteExecutionContext(jobExecution);
+		verify(this.jobExecutionDao).deleteJobExecutionParameters(jobExecution);
+		verify(this.ecDao).deleteExecutionContext(stepExecution1);
+		verify(this.stepExecutionDao).deleteStepExecution(stepExecution1);
+		verify(this.ecDao).deleteExecutionContext(stepExecution2);
+		verify(this.stepExecutionDao).deleteStepExecution(stepExecution2);
+		verify(this.jobExecutionDao).deleteJobExecution(jobExecution);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/test/JobRepositoryTestUtils.java b/spring-batch-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/test/JobRepositoryTestUtils.java
index 9aea7ff7b..86391a472 100644
--- a/spring-batch-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/test/JobRepositoryTestUtils.java
+++ b/spring-batch-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/test/JobRepositoryTestUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -142,13 +142,10 @@ public class JobRepositoryTestUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove the {@link JobExecution} and its associated {@link StepExecution} instances
-	 * Ôfrom the standard locations used by Spring Batch.
+	 * from the standard locations used by Spring Batch.
 	 * @param jobExecution the {@link JobExecution} to delete
 	 */
 	public void removeJobExecution(JobExecution jobExecution) {
-		for (StepExecution stepExecution : jobExecution.getStepExecutions()) {
-			this.jobRepository.deleteStepExecution(stepExecution);
-		}
 		this.jobRepository.deleteJobExecution(jobExecution);
 	}