diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl.java
index 51b2482..5b89d9f 100755
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.CpsAdminPersistenceService;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.AnchorEntity;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.entities.DataspaceEntity;
@@ -38,30 +38,19 @@
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.Anchor;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.AnchorRepository;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.DataspaceRepository;
-import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.FragmentRepository;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.SchemaSetRepository;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.repository.YangResourceRepository;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
+@AllArgsConstructor
 public class CpsAdminPersistenceServiceImpl implements CpsAdminPersistenceService {
 
-    @Autowired
-    private DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private AnchorRepository anchorRepository;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private SchemaSetRepository schemaSetRepository;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private FragmentRepository fragmentRepository;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private YangResourceRepository yangResourceRepository;
+    private final DataspaceRepository dataspaceRepository;
+    private final AnchorRepository anchorRepository;
+    private final SchemaSetRepository schemaSetRepository;
+    private final YangResourceRepository yangResourceRepository;
 
     @Override
     public void createDataspace(final String dataspaceName) {
@@ -140,7 +129,6 @@
     @Override
     public void deleteAnchor(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName) {
         final var anchorEntity = getAnchorEntity(dataspaceName, anchorName);
-        fragmentRepository.deleteByAnchorIn(Set.of(anchorEntity));
         anchorRepository.delete(anchorEntity);
     }
 
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
index c6e28ab..85b0cb7 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/cps-ri/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceImpl.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  *  Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Nordix Foundation
  *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Bell Canada.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Bell Canada.
  *  ================================================================================
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@
         fragmentRepository.save(parentEntity);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    @Transactional
+    public void deleteDataNodes(final String dataspaceName, final String anchorName) {
+        final DataspaceEntity dataspaceEntity = dataspaceRepository.getByName(dataspaceName);
+        anchorRepository.findByDataspaceAndName(dataspaceEntity, anchorName)
+            .ifPresent(
+                anchorEntity -> fragmentRepository.deleteByAnchorIn(Set.of(anchorEntity)));
+    }
 
     @Override
     @Transactional
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
index 2218014..063bd5b 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsAdminPersistenceServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
     static final String SET_DATA = '/data/anchor.sql'
     static final String SAMPLE_DATA_FOR_ANCHORS_WITH_MODULES = '/data/anchors-schemaset-modules.sql'
     static final String DATASPACE_WITH_NO_DATA = 'DATASPACE-002-NO-DATA'
-    static final Integer DELETED_ANCHOR_ID = 3001
-    static final Long DELETED_FRAGMENT_ID = 4001
+    static final Integer DELETED_ANCHOR_ID = 3002
 
     @Sql(CLEAR_DATA)
     def 'Create and retrieve a new dataspace.'() {
@@ -150,10 +149,9 @@
     @Sql([CLEAR_DATA, SET_DATA])
     def 'Delete anchor'() {
         when: 'delete anchor action is invoked'
-            objectUnderTest.deleteAnchor(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME1)
-        then: 'anchor and associated data fragment are deleted'
+            objectUnderTest.deleteAnchor(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME2)
+        then: 'anchor is deleted'
             assert anchorRepository.findById(DELETED_ANCHOR_ID).isEmpty()
-            assert fragmentRepository.findById(DELETED_FRAGMENT_ID).isEmpty()
     }
 
     @Sql([CLEAR_DATA, SET_DATA])
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
index 69e6aa8..3150188 100755
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/spi/impl/CpsDataPersistenceServiceIntegrationSpec.groovy
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *  ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
  *  Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Nordix Foundation
  *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Pantheon.tech
- *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021 Bell Canada.
+ *  Modifications Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Bell Canada.
  *  ================================================================================
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.onap.cps.utils.JsonObjectMapper
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.Sql
-
 import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException
 import java.util.stream.Collectors
 
@@ -49,6 +48,8 @@
     static final JsonObjectMapper jsonObjectMapper = new JsonObjectMapper(new ObjectMapper())
 
     static final String SET_DATA = '/data/fragment.sql'
+    static final int DATASPACE_1001_ID = 1001L
+    static final int ANCHOR_3003_ID = 3003L
     static final long ID_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS = 4001
     static final String XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_DESCENDANTS = '/parent-1'
     static final String XPATH_DATA_NODE_WITH_LEAVES = '/parent-100'
@@ -540,6 +541,20 @@
             'invalid list element'                          | '/parent-206/child-206/grand-child-206@key="A"]'
     }
 
+    @Sql([CLEAR_DATA, SET_DATA])
+    def 'Delete data node for an anchor.'() {
+        given: 'a data-node exists for an anchor'
+            assert fragmentsExistInDB(DATASPACE_1001_ID, ANCHOR_3003_ID)
+        when: 'data nodes are deleted '
+            objectUnderTest.deleteDataNodes(DATASPACE_NAME, ANCHOR_NAME3)
+        then: 'all data-nodes are deleted successfully'
+            assert !fragmentsExistInDB(DATASPACE_1001_ID, ANCHOR_3003_ID)
+    }
+
+    def fragmentsExistInDB(dataSpaceId, anchorId) {
+        !fragmentRepository.findRootsByDataspaceAndAnchor(dataSpaceId, anchorId).isEmpty()
+    }
+
     static Collection<DataNode> toDataNodes(xpaths) {
         return xpaths.collect { new DataNodeBuilder().withXpath(it).build() }
     }
diff --git a/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml b/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
index 73292bb..18e6ed6 100644
--- a/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/cps-ri/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 spring:
   jpa:
     ddl-auto: create
+    show-sql: true
     properties:
       hibernate:
         enable_lazy_load_no_trans: true
         dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+        format_sql: true
 
   datasource:
     url: ${DB_URL}