diff --git a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/resource/tasks/TaskManager.java b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/resource/tasks/TaskManager.java
index 8704f8b4b..893514948 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/resource/tasks/TaskManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/mgmt/resource/tasks/TaskManager.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ protected String getResourceId(String payload) {
 				"task-path and task-database, but payload is missing a task-root to determine which existing task is " +
 				"the same root; payload: " + payload);
 		}
+
 		for (String resourceId : resourceIds) {
 			String json = getManageClient().getJson(appendGroupId(super.getResourcesPath() + "/" + resourceId + "/properties"));
 			String thisTaskRoot = payloadParser.getPayloadFieldValue(json, "task-root", false);
@@ -252,8 +253,17 @@ public void deleteAllTasks() {
 		deleteAllScheduledTasks();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param taskPath
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "Deprecated since 4.0.2, as the taskPath may not suffice for uniquely identifying a task. " +
+		"This now assumes a task root of '/' to at least avoid an error being thrown.")
 	public void deleteTaskWithPath(String taskPath) {
-		String json = format("{\"task-path\":\"%s\"}", taskPath);
+		deleteTaskWithPath(taskPath, "/");
+	}
+
+	public void deleteTaskWithPath(String taskPath, String taskRoot) {
+		String json = format("{\"task-path\":\"%s\", \"task-root\":\"%s\"}", taskPath, taskRoot);
 		delete(json, "group-id", groupName);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/export/ExportTasksTest.java b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/export/ExportTasksTest.java
index c31ab85a8..186a0e99b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/export/ExportTasksTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/export/ExportTasksTest.java
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ public void test() {
 		assertEquals("query.xqy.json", resources.getFiles().get(0).getName());
 
 		TaskManager mgr = new TaskManager(manageClient);
-		mgr.deleteTaskWithPath(taskPath);
+		mgr.deleteTaskWithPath(taskPath, "/");
 		assertFalse(mgr.exists(taskPath));
 
 		appConfig.getFirstConfigDir().setBaseDir(exportDir);
 		deploySampleApp();
 		assertTrue(mgr.exists(taskPath));
 
-		mgr.deleteTaskWithPath(taskPath);
+		mgr.deleteTaskWithPath(taskPath, "/");
 		assertFalse(mgr.exists(taskPath));
 	}
 }