diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/media/media/repository/detail/media-detail.server.data-source.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/media/media/repository/detail/media-detail.server.data-source.ts
index 29cd802d92..2ff98e2b98 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/media/media/repository/detail/media-detail.server.data-source.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/media/media/repository/detail/media-detail.server.data-source.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ export class UmbMediaServerDataSource implements UmbDetailDataSource<UmbMediaDet
 	async delete(unique: string) {
 		if (!unique) throw new Error('Unique is missing');
 
-		// TODO: update to delete when implemented
-		return tryExecuteAndNotify(this.#host, MediaService.putMediaByIdMoveToRecycleBin({ id: unique }));
+		return tryExecuteAndNotify(this.#host, MediaService.deleteMediaById({ id: unique }));
 	}
 }