diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useCreateEntity.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useCreateEntity.ts
index 432bea8fa..7df1220b1 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useCreateEntity.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useCreateEntity.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ interface UseCreateEntityOpts<TEntity extends Entity = Entity> {
   schema?: EntitySchema<TEntity>
 }
 
-interface EntityCallbacks<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, Error = unknown> {
+interface CreateEntityCallbacks<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, Error = unknown> {
   onSuccess?(entity: TEntity): void
   onError?(error: Error): void
 }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function useCreateEntity<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, Data = any>(
 
   return async function createEntity(
     data: Data,
-    callbacks: EntityCallbacks = {},
+    callbacks: CreateEntityCallbacks = {},
   ): Promise<void> {
     try {
       const result = await api.request({
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useDeleteEntity.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useDeleteEntity.ts
index 363dcf8a9..790a6dba8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useDeleteEntity.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useDeleteEntity.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import { useAppDispatch, useGetState } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+import { useApi, useAppDispatch, useGetState } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 
 import { deleteEntities, importEntities } from '../actions';
 
-type DeleteFn<T> = (entityId: string) => Promise<T> | T;
+import { toAxiosRequest } from './utils';
 
-interface EntityCallbacks {
+import type { EntityRequest } from './types';
+
+interface DeleteEntityCallbacks {
   onSuccess?(): void
+  onError?(): void
 }
 
 /**
@@ -13,14 +16,15 @@ interface EntityCallbacks {
  * This hook should be used to globally delete an entity from all lists.
  * To remove an entity from a single list, see `useDismissEntity`.
  */
-function useDeleteEntity<T = unknown>(
+function useDeleteEntity(
   entityType: string,
-  deleteFn: DeleteFn<T>,
+  request: EntityRequest,
 ) {
+  const api = useApi();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const getState = useGetState();
 
-  return async function deleteEntity(entityId: string, callbacks: EntityCallbacks = {}): Promise<T> {
+  return async function deleteEntity(entityId: string, callbacks: DeleteEntityCallbacks = {}): Promise<void> {
     // Get the entity before deleting, so we can reverse the action if the API request fails.
     const entity = getState().entities[entityType]?.store[entityId];
 
@@ -28,21 +32,27 @@ function useDeleteEntity<T = unknown>(
     dispatch(deleteEntities([entityId], entityType, { preserveLists: true }));
 
     try {
-      const result = await deleteFn(entityId);
+      // HACK: replace occurrences of `:id` in the URL. Maybe there's a better way?
+      const axiosReq = toAxiosRequest(request);
+      axiosReq.url?.replaceAll(':id', entityId);
+
+      await api.request(axiosReq);
+
       // Success - finish deleting entity from the state.
       dispatch(deleteEntities([entityId], entityType));
 
       if (callbacks.onSuccess) {
         callbacks.onSuccess();
       }
-
-      return result;
     } catch (e) {
       if (entity) {
         // If the API failed, reimport the entity.
         dispatch(importEntities([entity], entityType));
       }
-      throw e;
+
+      if (callbacks.onError) {
+        callbacks.onError();
+      }
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts
index 509e3c95e..63ede41d5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntityActions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 
-import { useApi } from 'soapbox/hooks';
-
 import { useCreateEntity } from './useCreateEntity';
 import { useDeleteEntity } from './useDeleteEntity';
 import { parseEntitiesPath } from './utils';
@@ -23,17 +21,10 @@ function useEntityActions<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, Data = any>(
   endpoints: EntityActionEndpoints,
   opts: UseEntityActionsOpts<TEntity> = {},
 ) {
-  const api = useApi();
   const { entityType, path } = parseEntitiesPath(expandedPath);
-
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
-  const deleteEntity = useDeleteEntity(entityType, (entityId) => {
-    if (!endpoints.delete) return Promise.reject(endpoints);
-    return api.delete(endpoints.delete.replace(':id', entityId))
-      .finally(() => setIsLoading(false));
-  });
-
+  const _delete = useDeleteEntity(entityType, { method: 'delete', url: endpoints.delete });
   const create = useCreateEntity<TEntity, Data>(path, { method: 'post', url: endpoints.post }, opts);
 
   const createEntity: typeof create = async (...args) => {
@@ -41,6 +32,11 @@ function useEntityActions<TEntity extends Entity = Entity, Data = any>(
     setIsLoading(false);
   };
 
+  const deleteEntity: typeof _delete = async (...args) => {
+    await _delete(...args);
+    setIsLoading(false);
+  };
+
   return {
     createEntity,
     deleteEntity,