diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/DownloadManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/DownloadManager.kt
index 400fe5648..ac2df1ee9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/DownloadManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/download/DownloadManager.kt
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ class DownloadManager(private val context: Context) {
         return cache.isChapterDownloaded(chapter, manga, skipCache)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the download from queue if the chapter is queued for download
+     * else it will return null which means that the chapter is not queued for download
+     *
+     * @param chapter the chapter to check.
+     */
+    fun getChapterDownloadOrNull(chapter: Chapter): Download? {
+        return downloader.queue
+            .firstOrNull { it.chapter.id == chapter.id && it.chapter.manga_id == chapter.manga_id }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the amount of downloaded chapters for a manga.
      *
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderPresenter.kt
index 1ec3cd1af..706802262 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderPresenter.kt
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ class ReaderPresenter(
             selectedChapter.chapter.read = true
             updateTrackChapterRead(selectedChapter)
             deleteChapterIfNeeded(selectedChapter)
+            deleteChapterFromDownloadQueue(currentChapters.currChapter)
         }
 
         if (selectedChapter != currentChapters.currChapter) {
@@ -370,6 +371,16 @@ class ReaderPresenter(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes [currentChapter] from download queue
+     * if setting is enabled and [currentChapter] is queued for download
+     */
+    private fun deleteChapterFromDownloadQueue(currentChapter: ReaderChapter) {
+        downloadManager.getChapterDownloadOrNull(currentChapter.chapter)?.let { download ->
+            downloadManager.deletePendingDownload(download)
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determines if deleting option is enabled and nth to last chapter actually exists.
      * If both conditions are satisfied enqueues chapter for delete