diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/filters_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/filters_controller.rb
index 07cd1414780d62782cb7b20acfefa3916cabad51..149139b40a12912af2064be605c0b05dc406da89 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/filters_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/filters_controller.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Api::V1::FiltersController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def resource_params
-    params.permit(:phrase, :expires_in, :irreversible, :whole_word, context: [])
+    params.permit(:phrase, :expires_in, :irreversible, context: [])
   end
 
   def filter_params