diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/Settings/RoomSettingsViewController.m b/Riot/Modules/Room/Settings/RoomSettingsViewController.m
index 0bdc6c2cc..e096ee2e9 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/Settings/RoomSettingsViewController.m
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/Settings/RoomSettingsViewController.m
@@ -1423,7 +1423,8 @@ NSString *const kRoomSettingsAdvancedE2eEnabledCellViewIdentifier = @"kRoomSetti
             if (shouldRemoveRoomAvatarImage) {
                 shouldRemoveRoomAvatarImage = false;
                 [updatedItemsDict removeObjectForKey:kRoomSettingsAvatarKey];
-                pendingOperation = [mxRoom setAvatar:@"" success:^{
+                // delete room avatar
+                pendingOperation = [mxRoom sendStateEventOfType:kMXEventTypeStringRoomAvatar content:@{} stateKey:@"" success:^(NSString *eventId) {
                     if (weakSelf)
                     {
                         typeof(self) self = weakSelf;