diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index 45c272db54..77b88b5715 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ p a {
 		<li>[Fix] Remember selected language while registering after submit (Bug #11435)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] UTF-8 support in theme and template editors (Bug #12251)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Allow for posts per page in the MCP to change during topic selection (Bug #12067)</li>
-
+		<li>[Fix] Remove group avatars upon deletion from all profiles, not just the people having the group as default (Bug #12275, #12267)</li>
 
 	</ul>
 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
index d40a8ae47b..07088de75d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_groups.php
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class acp_groups
 					{
 						if (isset($group_row['group_avatar']) && $group_row['group_avatar'])
 						{
-							avatar_delete('group', $group_row);
+							avatar_delete('group', $group_row, true);
 						}
 					}
 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
index 9e83281f92..53fb65d0f0 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ function validate_jabber($jid)
 /**
 * Remove avatar
 */
-function avatar_delete($mode, $row)
+function avatar_delete($mode, $row, $clean_db = false)
 {
 	global $phpbb_root_path, $config, $db, $user;
 
@@ -1774,6 +1774,10 @@ function avatar_delete($mode, $row)
 		}
 	}
 	
+	if ($clean_db)
+	{
+		avatar_remove_db($row[$mode . '_avatar']);
+	}
 	$filename = get_avatar_filename($row[$mode . '_avatar']);
 	if (file_exists($phpbb_root_path . $config['avatar_path'] . '/' . $filename))
 	{
@@ -2415,6 +2419,22 @@ function group_correct_avatar($group_id, $old_entry)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/**
+* Remove avatar also for users not having the group as default
+*/
+function avatar_remove_db($avatar_name)
+{
+	global $config, $db;
+	
+	$sql = 'UPDATE ' . USERS_TABLE . "
+		SET user_avatar = '',
+		user_avatar_type = 0 
+		WHERE user_avatar = '" . $db->sql_escape($avatar_name) . '\'';
+	$db->sql_query($sql);
+}
+
+
 /**
 * Group Delete
 */
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
index c964bffec5..d926801b2f 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_groups.php
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class ucp_groups
 							{
 								if (isset($group_row['group_avatar']) && $group_row['group_avatar'])
 								{
-									avatar_delete('group', $group_row);
+									avatar_delete('group', $group_row, true);
 								}
 							}