diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrl.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrl.scala
index ec72368785..9cd28662a3 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrl.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrl.scala
@@ -135,17 +135,6 @@ class CaseCtrl @Inject() (
       }
 
   def delete(caseIdOrNumber: String): Action[AnyContent] =
-    entrypoint("delete case")
-      .authTransaction(db) { implicit request => implicit graph =>
-        caseSrv
-          .get(EntityIdOrName(caseIdOrNumber))
-          .can(Permissions.manageCase)
-          .update(_.status, CaseStatus.Deleted)
-          .getOrFail("Case")
-          .map(_ => Results.NoContent)
-      }
-
-  def realDelete(caseIdOrNumber: String): Action[AnyContent] =
     entrypoint("delete case")
       .authTransaction(db) { implicit request => implicit graph =>
         for {
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/Router.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/Router.scala
index 96f8327e37..547c48faf7 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/Router.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/Router.scala
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ class Router @Inject() (
     case PATCH(p"/case/_bulk")          => caseCtrl.bulkUpdate         // Not used by the frontend
     case PATCH(p"/case/$caseId")        => caseCtrl.update(caseId)     // Audit ok
     case POST(p"/case/_merge/$caseIds") => caseCtrl.merge(caseIds)     // Not implemented in backend and not used by frontend
-    case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId")       => caseCtrl.delete(caseId)     // Not used by frontend
     case POST(p"/case/_search")         => caseCtrl.search
     case POST(p"/case/_stats")          => caseCtrl.stats
-    case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId/force") => caseCtrl.realDelete(caseId) // Audit ok
+    case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId")       => caseCtrl.delete(caseId) // Not used by the frontend
+    case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId/force") => caseCtrl.delete(caseId) // Audit ok
     case GET(p"/case/$caseId/links")    => caseCtrl.linkedCases(caseId)
 
     case GET(p"/case/template")                    => caseTemplateCtrl.search
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/CaseCtrl.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/CaseCtrl.scala
index aeb3be90a7..3139f7d6e3 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/CaseCtrl.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/CaseCtrl.scala
@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ class CaseCtrl @Inject() (
   def delete(caseIdOrNumber: String): Action[AnyContent] =
     entrypoint("delete case")
       .authTransaction(db) { implicit request => implicit graph =>
-        caseSrv
-          .get(EntityIdOrName(caseIdOrNumber))
-          .can(Permissions.manageCase)
-          .update(_.status, CaseStatus.Deleted)
-          .getOrFail("Case")
-          .map(_ => Results.NoContent)
+        for {
+          c <-
+            caseSrv
+              .get(EntityIdOrName(caseIdOrNumber))
+              .can(Permissions.manageCase)
+              .getOrFail("Case")
+          _ <- caseSrv.remove(c)
+        } yield Results.NoContent
       }
 
   def merge(caseIdsOrNumbers: String): Action[AnyContent] =
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/Router.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/Router.scala
index a04cc7769d..feffe865bb 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/Router.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v1/Router.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class Router @Inject() (
     case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId")       => caseCtrl.delete(caseId)
 //    case PATCH(p"api/case/_bulk") =>                          caseCtrl.bulkUpdate()
 //    case POST(p"/case/_stats") =>                        caseCtrl.stats()
-//    case DELETE(p"/case/$caseId/force") =>                  caseCtrl.realDelete(caseId)
 //    case GET(p"/case/$caseId/links") =>                  caseCtrl.linkedCases(caseId)
 
     case GET(p"/caseTemplate")                   => caseTemplateCtrl.list
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/models/Case.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/models/Case.scala
index fa18c888fe..1990523baf 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/models/Case.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/models/Case.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.thp.scalligraph.models.{DefineIndex, Entity, IndexType}
 import play.api.libs.json.{Format, Json}
 
 object CaseStatus extends Enumeration {
-  val Open, Resolved, Deleted, Duplicated = Value
+  val Open, Resolved, Duplicated = Value
 
   implicit val format: Format[CaseStatus.Value] = Json.formatEnum(CaseStatus)
 }
diff --git a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/services/notification/notifiers/Webhook.scala b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/services/notification/notifiers/Webhook.scala
index de4e6d4c6f..20bec8981e 100644
--- a/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/services/notification/notifiers/Webhook.scala
+++ b/thehive/app/org/thp/thehive/services/notification/notifiers/Webhook.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.thp.scalligraph.traversal.{Converter, IdentityConverter, Traversal}
 import org.thp.scalligraph.{BadConfigurationError, EntityIdOrName}
 import org.thp.thehive.controllers.v0.AuditRenderer
 import org.thp.thehive.controllers.v0.Conversion.fromObjectType
-import org.thp.thehive.models.Audit._
 import org.thp.thehive.models._
 import org.thp.thehive.services.AlertOps._
 import org.thp.thehive.services.AuditOps._
diff --git a/thehive/test/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrlTest.scala b/thehive/test/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrlTest.scala
index e36be809b7..a3e623fe55 100644
--- a/thehive/test/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrlTest.scala
+++ b/thehive/test/org/thp/thehive/controllers/v0/CaseCtrlTest.scala
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class CaseCtrlTest extends PlaySpecification with TestAppBuilder {
 
       val requestDel = FakeRequest("DELETE", s"/api/v0/case/#1/force")
         .withHeaders("user" -> "certuser@thehive.local")
-      val resultDel = app[CaseCtrl].realDelete("1")(requestDel)
+      val resultDel = app[CaseCtrl].delete("1")(requestDel)
       status(resultDel) must equalTo(204).updateMessage(s => s"$s\n${contentAsString(resultDel)}")
 
       app[Database].roTransaction { implicit graph =>