diff --git a/sync-team/src/zulip/api.rs b/sync-team/src/zulip/api.rs
index 9ff767c4e..3076d8c45 100644
--- a/sync-team/src/zulip/api.rs
+++ b/sync-team/src/zulip/api.rs
@@ -241,9 +241,7 @@ impl ZulipApi {
         }
 
         if !remove_ids.is_empty() {
-            let subscriptions = serde_json::to_string(&serde_json::json!([{
-                "name": stream_name,
-            }]))?;
+            let subscriptions = serde_json::to_string(&serde_json::json!([stream_name]))?;
             let remove_ids = serialize_as_array(remove_ids);
             submit(reqwest::Method::DELETE, subscriptions, remove_ids)?;
         }