diff --git a/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend.go b/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend.go
index 8bc35e584..b0e137f75 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend.go
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ func (c *Converter) baseStatusToFrontend(
 		// anymore, it's probably been cleaned up.
 		// Set a dummy application.
 		apiStatus.Application = &apimodel.Application{
-			Name: "Unknown/deleted application",
+			Name: "unknown application",
 		}
 
 	default:
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend_test.go b/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend_test.go
index d671208d6..c94d4481a 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend_test.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/internaltofrontend_test.go
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ func (suite *InternalToFrontendTestSuite) TestStatusToFrontendApplicationDeleted
   "content": "\u003cp\u003ehello world! \u003ca href=\"http://localhost:8080/tags/welcome\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003ewelcome\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e ! first post on the instance :rainbow: !\u003c/p\u003e",
   "reblog": null,
   "application": {
-    "name": "Unknown/deleted application"
+    "name": "unknown application"
   },
   "account": {
     "id": "01F8MH17FWEB39HZJ76B6VXSKF",