diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/pictures_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/pictures_controller.rb
index 28df65f8ffacf8417e0c3b295b7dc1c15e6a6529..58a4325307f3b42c028e14e71b9061c3fd982ad7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings/pictures_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/pictures_controller.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ module Settings
 
     def destroy
       if valid_picture?
-        msg = I18n.t('generic.changes_saved_msg') if UpdateAccountService.new.call(@account, { @picture => nil, "#{@picture}_remote_url" => '' })
-        redirect_to settings_profile_path, notice: msg, status: 303
+        if UpdateAccountService.new.call(@account, { @picture => nil, "#{@picture}_remote_url" => '' })
+          ActivityPub::UpdateDistributionWorker.perform_async(@account.id)
+          redirect_to settings_profile_path, notice: I18n.t('generic.changes_saved_msg'), status: 303
+        else
+          redirect_to settings_profile_path
+        end
       else
         bad_request
       end