diff --git a/app/controllers/patient_event_types_controller.rb b/app/controllers/patient_event_types_controller.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/app/controllers/patient_event_types_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/patient_event_types_controller.rb
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ class PatientEventTypesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    @patient_event_type = PatientEventType.find(params[:id])
-    @patient_event_type.soft_delete!
+    PatientEventType.destroy(params[:id])
     redirect_to patient_event_types_path, :notice => "You have successfully removed a patient event type."
-  end 
+  end
 
   def allowed_params
     params.require(:patient_event_type).permit(:name, :deleted_at)
-  end 
-
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/patient_event_type.rb b/app/models/patient_event_type.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/app/models/patient_event_type.rb
+++ b/app/models/patient_event_type.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class PatientEventType < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Concerns::SoftDelete
+  acts_as_paranoid
 
   has_many :patient_event
Remove SoftDelete from PatientEventType