diff --git a/satellite_populate/api.py b/satellite_populate/api.py
index a57ef81..7fecbc6 100644
--- a/satellite_populate/api.py
+++ b/satellite_populate/api.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def action_delete(self, rendered_action_data, action_data, search, model,
 
         # currently only works based on a single id
         # should iterate all results and delete one by one?
-        model(id=entity_id).delete()
+        search_result.delete()
         self.logger.info("delete: %s %s", model, entity_id)
 
     def validate(self, rendered_action_data, action_data, search, action):