diff --git a/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb b/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
index d70c51575..763c6047f 100644
--- a/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/gitea/user/delete_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Gitea::User::DeleteService < Gitea::ClientService
   end
 
   def call
-    response = delete(request_url, params.merge(purge: true))
+    response = delete(request_url, params.merge(data: {purge: true}))
 
     render_status(response)
   end