diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
index 06297f9581..f1bf46d4b6 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ input#link_url {
 	padding: 1px 2px;
 }
 
+body.post-new-php .submitbox .submitdelete {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 /* @todo: do we really need this? word on the street is we don't and this
 stray rule may actually be compensated for elsewhere. */
 #normal-sortables .submitbox .submitdelete:hover {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/post.js b/src/wp-admin/js/post.js
index 0d7bf0359c..a4011b449d 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/post.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/post.js
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 		$( '.autosave-message' ).text( postL10n.savingText );
 	}).on( 'after-autosave.edit-post', function( event, data ) {
 		$( '.autosave-message' ).text( data.message );
+
+		if ( $( document.body ).hasClass( 'post-new-php' ) ) {
+			$( '.submitbox .submitdelete' ).show();
+		}
 	});
 
 	$(window).on( 'beforeunload.edit-post', function() {