diff --git a/high-throughput/README.md b/high-throughput/README.md
index 8ce49eb67b..6e85bff38b 100644
--- a/high-throughput/README.md
+++ b/high-throughput/README.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ row in the ledger 1000 times, with a value incrementing by one each time (i.e. t
 expectation would be that the final value of the row is 999. However, the final value changes each time this script is run and you'll find
 errors in the peer and orderer logs.
 
-There is one other script, `get-traditional.sh`, which simply gets the value of a row in the traditional way, with no deltas.
+There are two other scripts, `get-traditional.sh`, which simply gets the value of a row in the traditional way, with no deltas, and `del-traditional.sh` will delete an asset in the traditional way.
 
 Examples:
 `./many-updates.sh testvar 100 +` --> final value from `./get-invoke.sh testvar` should be 100000
diff --git a/high-throughput/chaincode/high-throughput.go b/high-throughput/chaincode/high-throughput.go
index 00997a65dd..b54173262d 100644
--- a/high-throughput/chaincode/high-throughput.go
+++ b/high-throughput/chaincode/high-throughput.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ func (s *SmartContract) Invoke(APIstub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface) sc.Response
 		return s.putStandard(APIstub, args)
 	} else if function == "getstandard" {
 		return s.getStandard(APIstub, args)
+	} else if function == "delstandard" {
+		return s.delStandard(APIstub, args)
 	}
 
 	return shim.Error("Invalid Smart Contract function name.")
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ func (s *SmartContract) putStandard(APIstub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface, args []
 
 	_, getErr := APIstub.GetState(name)
 	if getErr != nil {
-		return shim.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to retrieve the statr of %s: %s", name, getErr.Error()))
+		return shim.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to retrieve the state of %s: %s", name, getErr.Error()))
 	}
 
 	putErr := APIstub.PutState(name, []byte(valStr))
@@ -381,3 +383,14 @@ func (s *SmartContract) getStandard(APIstub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface, args []
 
 	return shim.Success(val)
 }
+
+func (s *SmartContract) delStandard(APIstub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface, args []string) sc.Response {
+	name := args[0]
+
+	getErr := APIstub.DelState(name)
+	if getErr != nil {
+		return shim.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to delete state: %s", getErr.Error()))
+	}
+
+	return shim.Success(nil)
+}
diff --git a/high-throughput/scripts/del-traditional.sh b/high-throughput/scripts/del-traditional.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..954fab8ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/high-throughput/scripts/del-traditional.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Copyright IBM Corp All Rights Reserved
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls $CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n $CC_NAME -c '{"Args":["delstandard","'$1'"]}'
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