diff --git a/changelog.d/follower-remove.fix b/changelog.d/follower-remove.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b78b087d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/follower-remove.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix follower remove API call
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index c9aace6fa..1238a63df 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   editUserNote as apiEditUserNote,
   muteDomain as apiMuteDomain,
   muteUser as apiMuteUser,
+  removeUserFromFollowers as apiRemoveUserFromFollowers,
   unblockUser as apiUnblockUser,
   unmuteDomain as apiUnmuteDomain,
   unmuteUser as apiUnmuteUser,
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ const unblockUser = (store, id) => {
 }
 
 const removeUserFromFollowers = (store, id) => {
-  return removeUserFromFollowers({ id }).then((relationship) =>
+  return apiRemoveUserFromFollowers({ id }).then(({ data: relationship }) =>
     store.commit('updateUserRelationship', [relationship]),
   )
 }