diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index 5d8b936aa..de3b8ca3b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -1680,8 +1680,6 @@ def purge_user_changeset(user) do
       email: nil,
       name: nil,
       password_hash: nil,
-      keys: nil,
-      public_key: nil,
       avatar: %{},
       tags: [],
       last_refreshed_at: nil,
diff --git a/test/pleroma/user_test.exs b/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
index 181990e4b..ec0aaa9eb 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/user_test.exs
@@ -1651,8 +1651,8 @@ test "delete/1 purges a user when they wouldn't be fully deleted" do
              email: nil,
              name: nil,
              password_hash: nil,
-             keys: nil,
-             public_key: nil,
+             keys: "RSA begin buplic key",
+             public_key: "--PRIVATE KEYE--",
              avatar: %{},
              tags: [],
              last_refreshed_at: nil,