diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e7a9f51ab3aa9815bfba06140e39b36687cf87c5..376cdc1fdfa0bc48ca0eedeaa9f7c1c5f23ca882 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "semantic-router"
-version = "0.0.47"
+version = "0.0.48"
 description = "Super fast semantic router for AI decision making"
 authors = [
     "James Briggs <james@aurelio.ai>",
diff --git a/semantic_router/layer.py b/semantic_router/layer.py
index 6b9ee1d212aadbb35bdc338f205722131a3a2db7..c87c79358b291caaf5fc7d24eafde67830fcbae7 100644
--- a/semantic_router/layer.py
+++ b/semantic_router/layer.py
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ class RouteLayer:
         :type str:
         """
         if route_name not in [route.name for route in self.routes]:
-            err_msg = f"Route `{route_name}` not found"
-            logger.error(err_msg)
-            raise ValueError(err_msg)
+            err_msg = f"Route `{route_name}` not found in RouteLayer"
+            logger.warning(err_msg)
+            self.index.delete(route_name=route_name)
         else:
             self.routes = [route for route in self.routes if route.name != route_name]
             self.index.delete(route_name=route_name)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index c6c36b7ee21d6769170721404e2e3ea619f16991..4566401d0e47c19a03fb03210e775c738dfb894b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_layer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
@@ -244,11 +244,8 @@ class TestRouteLayer:
         )
         # Attempt to remove a route that does not exist
         non_existent_route = "non-existent-route"
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
-            route_layer.delete(non_existent_route)
-        assert (
-            str(excinfo.value) == f"Route `{non_existent_route}` not found"
-        ), "Attempting to remove a non-existent route should raise a ValueError."
+        route_layer.delete(non_existent_route)
+        # we should see warning in logs only (ie no errors)
 
     def test_add_multiple_routes(self, openai_encoder, routes, index_cls):
         route_layer = RouteLayer(encoder=openai_encoder, index=index_cls())