diff --git a/plugins/ActivityPub/ActivityPubPlugin.php b/plugins/ActivityPub/ActivityPubPlugin.php
index 1fee38f057..37d2da8a4d 100644
--- a/plugins/ActivityPub/ActivityPubPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/ActivityPub/ActivityPubPlugin.php
@@ -934,8 +934,9 @@ class ActivityPubPlugin extends Plugin
      */
     public function onEndDeleteUser(Action $action, User $user): void
     {
-        $postman = new Activitypub_postman($user->getProfile());
-        $postman->delete_profile();
+        $deleted_profile = $user->getProfile();
+        $postman = new Activitypub_postman($deleted_profile);
+        $postman->delete_profile($deleted_profile);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/models/Activitypub_delete.php b/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/models/Activitypub_delete.php
index 0d19fcc6fa..741740cdc2 100644
--- a/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/models/Activitypub_delete.php
+++ b/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/models/Activitypub_delete.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 defined('GNUSOCIAL') || die();
 
 /**
- * ActivityPub error representation
+ * ActivityPub delete representation
  *
  * @category  Plugin
  * @package   GNUsocial
@@ -37,15 +37,29 @@ defined('GNUSOCIAL') || die();
 class Activitypub_delete
 {
     /**
-     * Generates an ActivityPub representation of a Delete
+     * Generates an ActivityStreams 2.0 representation of a Delete
      *
-     * @param Notice $notice
+     * @param Notice $object
      * @return array pretty array to be used in a response
      * @author Diogo Cordeiro <diogo@fc.up.pt>
      */
-    public static function delete_to_array(Notice $notice): array
+    public static function delete_to_array($object): array
     {
-        return Activitypub_notice::notice_to_array($notice);
+        if ($object instanceof Notice) {
+            return Activitypub_notice::notice_to_array($object);
+        } else if ($object instanceof Profile) {
+            $actor_uri = $object->getUri();
+            return [
+                '@context' => 'https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams',
+                'id' => $actor_uri . '#delete',
+                'type' => 'Delete',
+                'to' => ['https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public'],
+                'actor' => $actor_uri,
+                'object' => $object
+            ];
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/postman.php b/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/postman.php
index 5d7cdeeeeb..4183e568fa 100644
--- a/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/postman.php
+++ b/plugins/ActivityPub/lib/postman.php
@@ -408,22 +408,20 @@ class Activitypub_postman
     /**
      * Send a Delete notification to remote followers of some deleted profile
      *
-     * @param Notice $notice
+     * @param Profile $deleted_profile
      * @throws HTTP_Request2_Exception
-     * @throws InvalidUrlException
-     * @throws Exception
      * @author Bruno Casteleiro <brunoccast@fc.up.pt>
      */
-    public function delete_profile()
+    public function delete_profile(Profile $deleted_profile)
     {
-        $data = Activitypub_delete::delete_to_array($this->actor_uri, $this->actor_uri);
+        $data = Activitypub_delete::delete_to_array($deleted_profile);
         $data = json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
 
         $errors = [];
         foreach ($this->to_inbox() as $inbox) {
             $res = $this->send($data, $inbox);
 
-            // accummulate errors for later use, if needed
+            // accumulate errors for later use, if needed
             if (!($res->getStatus() == 200 || $res->getStatus() == 202 || $res->getStatus() == 409)) {
                 $res_body = json_decode($res->getBody(), true);
                 $errors[] = isset($res_body['error']) ?