diff --git a/app/controllers/public_keys_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public_keys_controller.rb
index fe4b4047c..327e719cc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public_keys_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public_keys_controller.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class PublicKeysController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     return render_not_found unless @public_key.present?
-    if @public_key.destroy
+    result = Gitea::User::Keys::DeleteService.call(current_user.gitea_token, @public_key.id)
+    if result[0] == 204
       render_ok 
     else 
       render_error
diff --git a/app/services/gitea/user/keys/delete_service.rb b/app/services/gitea/user/keys/delete_service.rb
index 2e6a125fd..3ae263e3b 100644
--- a/app/services/gitea/user/keys/delete_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/gitea/user/keys/delete_service.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class Gitea::User::Keys::DeleteService < Gitea::ClientService
   end
 
   def call
-    delete(url, params)
+    response = delete(url, params)
+    render_response(response)
   end
 
   private