diff --git a/src/components/rooms.js b/src/components/rooms.js
index 77f1998..16e3d37 100644
--- a/src/components/rooms.js
+++ b/src/components/rooms.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import {
   Filter,
   List,
   Pagination,
-  BulkDeleteButton,
-  BooleanField,
   SelectField,
   Show,
   Tab,
@@ -27,19 +25,6 @@ const RoomPagination = props => (
   <Pagination {...props} rowsPerPageOptions={[10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000]} />
 );
 
-const RoomBulkActionButtons = props => {
-  const translate = useTranslate();
-  return (
-    <Fragment>
-      <BulkDeleteButton
-        {...props}
-        label="resources.rooms.action.purge"
-        title={translate("resources.rooms.helper.purge")}
-      />
-    </Fragment>
-  );
-};
-
 const EncryptionField = ({ source, record = {}, emptyText }) => {
   const translate = useTranslate();
   const value = get(record, source);
@@ -211,7 +196,6 @@ const FilterableRoomList = ({ ...props }) => {
       pagination={<RoomPagination />}
       sort={{ field: "name", order: "ASC" }}
       filters={<RoomFilter />}
-      bulkActionButtons={<RoomBulkActionButtons />}
     >
       <Datagrid rowClick="show">
         <EncryptionField
diff --git a/src/i18n/de.js b/src/i18n/de.js
index 6aba936..f1ec58f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/de.js
+++ b/src/i18n/de.js
@@ -98,13 +98,6 @@ export default {
         },
         unencrypted: "Nicht verschlüsselt",
       },
-      helper: {
-        purge:
-          "Alle lokalen Benutzer müssen den Raum verlassen haben, bevor er entfernt werden kann.",
-      },
-      action: {
-        purge: "Säubere Raum",
-      },
     },
     connections: {
       name: "Verbindungen",
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.js b/src/i18n/en.js
index 4fb2625..b95b896 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.js
+++ b/src/i18n/en.js
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ export default {
         },
         unencrypted: "Unencrypted",
       },
-      helper: {
-        purge:
-          "All local users must have left the room before it can be removed.",
-      },
-      action: {
-        purge: "Purge room",
-      },
     },
     connections: {
       name: "Connections",
diff --git a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
index 56b9052..e55133e 100644
--- a/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
+++ b/src/synapse/dataProvider.js
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ const resourceMap = {
       return json.total_rooms;
     },
     delete: id => ({
-      endpoint: "/_synapse/admin/v1/purge_room",
-      body: { room_id: id },
+      endpoint: `/_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/${id}/delete`,
+      body: { block: false },
       method: "POST",
     }),
   },