diff --git a/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
index 5fac8e5a2..c12ee368b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ module Moderator
       skip_before_action :api_check
       respond_to :html, :json, :xml, :js
 
-      def confirm_delete
-        @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
-      end
-
-      def delete
-        @post = authorize ::Post.find(params[:id])
-        if params[:commit] == "Delete"
-          @post.delete!(params[:reason], :move_favorites => params[:move_favorites].present?)
-        end
-        redirect_to(post_path(@post))
-      end
-
       def confirm_move_favorites
         @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 9829c954f..03bb877f9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     respond_with_post_after_update(@post)
   end
 
+  def destroy
+    @post = authorize Post.find(params[:id])
+
+    if params[:commit] == "Delete"
+      move_favorites = params.dig(:post, :move_favorites).to_s.truthy?
+      @post.delete!(params.dig(:post, :reason), move_favorites: move_favorites)
+      flash[:notice] = "Post deleted"
+    end
+
+    respond_with_post_after_update(@post)
+  end
+
   def revert
     @post = authorize Post.find(params[:id])
     @version = @post.versions.find(params[:version_id])
diff --git a/app/policies/post_policy.rb b/app/policies/post_policy.rb
index 413ce7876..25046263f 100644
--- a/app/policies/post_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/post_policy.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class PostPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     user.is_approver? && !record.is_deleted?
   end
 
+  def destroy?
+    delete?
+  end
+
   def ban?
     user.is_approver? && !record.is_banned?
   end
diff --git a/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_delete.html.erb b/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_delete.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c97ab66ec..000000000
--- a/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_delete.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Delete Post</h1>
-
-<div>
-  <%= PostPresenter.preview(@post, show_deleted: true) %>
-</div>
-
-<%= form_tag(delete_moderator_post_post_path, :style => "clear: both;", :class => "simple_form") do %>
-  <% if @post.parent_id %>
-    <div class="input">
-      <label for="move_favorites">
-        <%= check_box_tag "move_favorites" %>
-        Move favorites to parent?
-      </label>
-    </div>
-  <% end %>
-
-  <p style="font-weight: bold;">Note: If the reason you are planning to delete this post is because it is from a banned artist, please <%= link_to "ban", confirm_ban_moderator_post_post_path(@post) %> this post instead of deleting it.</p>
-
-  <div class="input">
-    <label for="reason">Reason</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag "reason" %>
-  </div>
-
-  <%= submit_tag "Delete" %>
-  <%= submit_tag "Cancel" %>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/destroy.js.erb b/app/views/posts/destroy.js.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8221d996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/posts/destroy.js.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<% if params[:commit] == "Delete" %>
+  location.reload();
+<% else %>
+  Danbooru.Utility.dialog("Delete Post", "<%= j render "posts/partials/show/delete_dialog", post: @post %>");
+<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_delete_dialog.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_delete_dialog.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68456af24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_delete_dialog.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<div class="delete-post-dialog-body">
+  <%= edit_form_for(post, method: :delete, remote: true) do |f| %>
+    <input type="hidden" name="commit" value="Delete">
+    <%= f.input :reason, as: :dtext, inline: true, input_html: { value: "" } %>
+    <% if post.parent_id.present? %>
+      <%= f.input :move_favorites, label: "Move favorites to parent", as: :boolean, input_html: { checked: false } %>
+    <% end %>
+  <% end %>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
index 18c8a340f..e55116e2f 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <li id="post-option-move-favorites"><%= link_to "Move favorites", confirm_move_favorites_moderator_post_post_path(post_id: post.id) %></li>
           <% end %>
         <% elsif policy(post).delete? %>
-          <li id="post-option-delete"><%= link_to "Delete", confirm_delete_moderator_post_post_path(post_id: post.id) %></li>
+          <li id="post-option-delete"><%= link_to "Delete", post, method: :delete, remote: true %></li>
         <% end %>
 
         <% if post.is_approvable? && !post.is_deleted? %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 94b6878d6..ce3a273c1 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     namespace :post do
       resources :posts, :only => [:delete, :expunge, :confirm_delete] do
         member do
-          get :confirm_delete
           post :expunge
-          post :delete
           get :confirm_move_favorites
           post :move_favorites
           get :confirm_ban
@@ -175,7 +173,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
   resources :post_replacements, :only => [:index, :new, :create, :update]
   resources :post_votes, only: [:index]
-  resources :posts, only: [:index, :show, :update] do
+  resources :posts, only: [:index, :show, :update, :destroy] do
     resources :events, :only => [:index], :controller => "post_events"
     resources :replacements, :only => [:index, :new, :create], :controller => "post_replacements"
     resource :artist_commentary, :only => [:index, :show] do
diff --git a/test/functional/moderator/post/posts_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/moderator/post/posts_controller_test.rb
index 8914baf72..9e5ead019 100644
--- a/test/functional/moderator/post/posts_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/moderator/post/posts_controller_test.rb
@@ -15,26 +15,6 @@ module Moderator
           end
         end
 
-        context "confirm_delete action" do
-          should "render" do
-            get_auth confirm_delete_moderator_post_post_path(@post), @admin
-            assert_response :success
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "delete action" do
-          should "render" do
-            post_auth delete_moderator_post_post_path(@post), @admin, params: {:reason => "xxx", :format => "js", :commit => "Delete"}
-            assert(@post.reload.is_deleted?)
-          end
-
-          should "work even if the deleter has flagged the post previously" do
-            create(:post_flag, post: @post, creator: @admin)
-            post_auth delete_moderator_post_post_path(@post), @admin, params: {:reason => "xxx", :format => "js", :commit => "Delete"}
-            assert(@post.reload.is_deleted?)
-          end
-        end
-
         context "confirm_move_favorites action" do
           should "render" do
             get_auth confirm_move_favorites_moderator_post_post_path(@post), @admin
diff --git a/test/functional/posts_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/posts_controller_test.rb
index 67b03454f..f3aeb2826 100644
--- a/test/functional/posts_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/posts_controller_test.rb
@@ -633,6 +633,43 @@ class PostsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       end
     end
 
+    context "destroy action" do
+      setup do
+        @approver = create(:approver)
+      end
+
+      should "delete the post" do
+        delete_auth post_path(@post), @approver, params: { commit: "Delete", post: { reason: "test" } }
+
+        assert_redirected_to @post
+        assert_equal(true, @post.reload.is_deleted?)
+        assert_equal("test", @post.flags.last.reason)
+      end
+
+      should "delete the post even if the deleter has flagged the post previously" do
+        create(:post_flag, post: @post, creator: @approver)
+        delete_auth post_path(@post), @approver, params: { commit: "Delete", post: { reason: "test" } }
+
+        assert_redirected_to @post
+        assert_equal(true, @post.reload.is_deleted?)
+      end
+
+      should "not delete the post if the user is unauthorized" do
+        delete_auth post_path(@post), @user, params: { commit: "Delete" }
+
+        assert_response 403
+        assert_equal(false, @post.is_deleted?)
+      end
+
+      should "render the delete post dialog for an xhr request" do
+        delete_auth post_path(@post), @approver, xhr: true
+
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_equal(false, @post.is_deleted?)
+      end
+
+    end
+
     context "revert action" do
       setup do
         PostVersion.sqs_service.stubs(:merge?).returns(false)