diff --git a/backend/db/db.go b/backend/db/db.go
index 25a214c..620e498 100644
--- a/backend/db/db.go
+++ b/backend/db/db.go
@@ -137,30 +137,6 @@ func (db *DB) GetJSON(ctx context.Context, key string, v any) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetDelJSON gets the given key as a JSON object and deletes it.
-func (db *DB) GetDelJSON(ctx context.Context, key string, v any) error {
-	var b []byte
-
-	err := db.Redis.Do(ctx, radix.Cmd(&b, "GETDEL", key))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "reading from Redis")
-	}
-
-	if b == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if v == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nil pointer passed into GetDelJSON")
-	}
-
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "unmarshaling json")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // NotNull is a little helper that returns an *empty slice* when the slice's length is 0.
 // This is to prevent nil slices from being marshaled as JSON null
 func NotNull[T any](slice []T) []T {
diff --git a/backend/routes/auth/undelete.go b/backend/routes/auth/undelete.go
index a09cb36..5c8643e 100644
--- a/backend/routes/auth/undelete.go
+++ b/backend/routes/auth/undelete.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *Server) saveUndeleteToken(ctx context.Context, userID xid.ID, token str
 
 func (s *Server) getUndeleteToken(ctx context.Context, token string) (userID xid.ID, err error) {
 	var idString string
-	err = s.DB.Redis.Do(ctx, radix.Cmd(&idString, "GETDEL", "undelete:"+token))
+	err = s.DB.Redis.Do(ctx, radix.Cmd(&idString, "GET", "undelete:"+token))
 	if err != nil {
 		return userID, errors.Wrap(err, "getting undelete key")
 	}
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func (s *Server) getUndeleteToken(ctx context.Context, token string) (userID xid
 	if err != nil {
 		return userID, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing ID")
 	}
+
+	err = s.DB.Redis.Do(ctx, radix.Cmd(nil, "DEL", "undelete:"+token))
+	if err != nil {
+		return userID, errors.Wrap(err, "deleting undelete key")
+	}
 	return userID, nil
 }