diff --git a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Filtering.cs b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Filtering.cs
index 000851c1..4a8efbd5 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Filtering.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Filtering.cs
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
                 parents[key].Remove(machine);
 
                 // Remove the rest of the items from this key
-                parents[key].ForEach(k => ItemsDB.RemoveMachine(k));
+                parents[key].ForEach(k => RemoveMachineDB(k));
             }
 
             // Finally, strip out the parent tags
diff --git a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Splitting.cs b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Splitting.cs
index f9bba9d1..a7561f67 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Splitting.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.Splitting.cs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
                     }
 
                     // Remove the current item
-                    ItemsDB.RemoveItem(item.Key);
+                    RemoveItemDB(item.Key);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1059,12 +1059,12 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
                 {
                     foreach (var key in items.Keys)
                     {
-                        ItemsDB.RemoveItem(key);
+                        RemoveItemDB(key);
                     }
                 }
 
                 // Remove the machine
-                ItemsDB.RemoveMachine(machine.Key);
+                RemoveMachineDB(machine.Key);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
                     var matchedItems = items.Where(i => i.Value.Equals(item.Value));
                     foreach (var match in matchedItems)
                     {
-                        ItemsDB.RemoveItem(match.Key);
+                        RemoveItemDB(match.Key);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
                     var matchedItems = items.Where(i => i.Value.Equals(item.Value));
                     foreach (var match in matchedItems)
                     {
-                        ItemsDB.RemoveItem(match.Key);
+                        RemoveItemDB(match.Key);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
index 2092fe72..de1b9173 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
@@ -282,6 +282,30 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
             return Items.RemoveItem(key, value);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove an item, returning if it could be removed
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool RemoveItemDB(long itemIndex)
+        {
+            return ItemsDB.RemoveItem(itemIndex);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove a machine, returning if it could be removed
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool RemoveMachineDB(long machineIndex)
+        {
+            return ItemsDB.RemoveMachine(machineIndex);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Remove a machine, returning if it could be removed
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool RemoveMachineDB(string machineName)
+        {
+            return ItemsDB.RemoveMachine(machineName);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Reset the internal item dictionary
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFileTool.cs b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFileTool.cs
index 085fc6db..49a9cd4d 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFileTool.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFileTool.cs
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
 
                 // Now remove the key from the source DAT
                 if (delete)
-                    addFrom.ItemsDB.RemoveItem(item.Key);
+                    addFrom.RemoveItemDB(item.Key);
 
 #if NET40_OR_GREATER || NETCOREAPP
             });