diff --git a/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
index 0c1ce8c0d..6bc8c88f4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/moderator/post/posts_controller.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module Moderator
   module Post
     class PostsController < ApplicationController
-      before_action :approver_only, :only => [:delete, :move_favorites, :ban, :unban, :confirm_delete, :confirm_move_favorites, :confirm_ban]
+      before_action :approver_only, :only => [:delete, :move_favorites, :ban, :unban, :confirm_delete, :confirm_move_favorites]
       before_action :admin_only, :only => [:expunge]
       skip_before_action :api_check
 
-      respond_to :html, :json, :xml
+      respond_to :html, :json, :xml, :js
 
       def confirm_delete
         @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
@@ -36,29 +36,20 @@ module Moderator
         @post.expunge!
       end
 
-      def confirm_ban
-        @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
-      end
-
       def ban
         @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
-        if params[:commit] == "Ban"
-          @post.ban!
-        end
+        @post.ban!
+        flash[:notice] = "Post was banned"
 
-        respond_to do |fmt|
-          fmt.html do
-            redirect_to(post_path(@post), :notice => "Post was banned")
-          end
-
-          fmt.js
-        end
+        respond_with(@post)
       end
 
       def unban
         @post = ::Post.find(params[:id])
         @post.unban!
-        redirect_to(post_path(@post), :notice => "Post was unbanned")
+        flash[:notice] = "Post was banned"
+
+        respond_with(@post)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_ban.html.erb b/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_ban.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index b83659511..000000000
--- a/app/views/moderator/post/posts/confirm_ban.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Ban Post</h1>
-
-<div>
-  <%= PostPresenter.preview(@post, show_deleted: true) %>
-</div>
-
-<%= form_tag(ban_moderator_post_post_path(@post), :style => "clear: both;", :class => "simple_form") do %>
-  <p>Banning a post will hide it from anyone without a gold level account or higher. You should only ban a post if an artist requested it.</p>
-
-  <%= submit_tag "Ban" %>
-  <%= submit_tag "Cancel" %>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
index f18e48579..153db222c 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <% if post.is_banned? %>
           <li id="post-option-unban"><%= link_to "Unban", unban_moderator_post_post_path(post), method: :post, "data-confirm": "Are you sure you want to unban this post?" %></li>
         <% else %>
-          <li id="post-option-ban"><%= link_to "Ban", confirm_ban_moderator_post_post_path(post) %></li>
+          <li id="post-option-ban"><%= link_to "Ban", ban_moderator_post_post_path(post), method: :post, "data-confirm": "Are you sure you want to ban this post?" %></li>
         <% end %>
 
         <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? %>