diff --git a/app/controllers/moderator/post/approvals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/moderator/post/approvals_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d24a5446..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/moderator/post/approvals_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module Moderator
-  module Post
-    class ApprovalsController < ApplicationController
-      before_action :approver_only
-      skip_before_action :api_check
-      respond_to :json, :xml, :js
-
-      def create
-        cookies.permanent[:moderated] = Time.now.to_i
-        post = ::Post.find(params[:post_id])
-        @approval = post.approve!
-        respond_with(:moderator, @approval)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/controllers/post_approvals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/post_approvals_controller.rb
index 33f37de2c..4377f80e3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/post_approvals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/post_approvals_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 class PostApprovalsController < ApplicationController
-  respond_to :html, :xml, :json
+  before_action :approver_only, only: [:create]
+  respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
+
+  def create
+    cookies.permanent[:moderated] = Time.now.to_i
+    post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
+    @approval = post.approve!
+    respond_with(@approval)
+  end
 
   def index
     @post_approvals = PostApproval.paginated_search(params)
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/posts.js.erb b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/posts.js.erb
index e1d68cd4c..ff1aa48e0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/posts.js.erb
+++ b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/posts.js.erb
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Post.update = function(post_id, params) {
 
 Post.approve = function(post_id) {
   $.post(
-    "/moderator/post/approval.json",
+    "/post_approvals.json",
     {"post_id": post_id}
   ).fail(function(data) {
     var message = $.map(data.responseJSON.errors, function(msg, attr) { return msg; }).join("; ");
diff --git a/app/views/moderator/post/queues/_quick_mod.html.erb b/app/views/moderator/post/queues/_quick_mod.html.erb
index 049f97b35..916763dee 100644
--- a/app/views/moderator/post/queues/_quick_mod.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/moderator/post/queues/_quick_mod.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="quick-mod">
-  <%= link_to_if post.is_approvable?, "Approve", moderator_post_approval_path(post_id: post.id), method: :post, remote: true, class: "approve-link btn" %> |
+  <%= link_to_if post.is_approvable?, "Approve", post_approvals_path(post_id: post.id), method: :post, remote: true, class: "approve-link btn" %> |
   <%= link_to "Breaks Rules", post_disapprovals_path(post_disapproval: { post_id: post.id, reason: "breaks_rules" }), method: :post, remote: true, class: "disapprove-link btn" %> |
   <%= link_to "Poor Quality", post_disapprovals_path(post_disapproval: { post_id: post.id, reason: "poor_quality" }), method: :post, remote: true, class: "disapprove-link btn" %> |
   <%= link_to "No Interest",  post_disapprovals_path(post_disapproval: { post_id: post.id, reason: "disinterest" }), method: :post, remote: true, class: "disapprove-link btn" %> |
diff --git a/app/views/moderator/post/approvals/create.js.erb b/app/views/post_approvals/create.js.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/moderator/post/approvals/create.js.erb
rename to app/views/post_approvals/create.js.erb
diff --git a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
index ad0150c75..0843d4b4a 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/posts/partials/show/_options.html.erb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <% end %>
 
         <% if post.is_approvable? && !post.is_deleted? %>
-          <li id="post-option-approve"><%= link_to "Approve", moderator_post_approval_path(post_id: post.id), remote: true, method: :post, id: "approve", "data-shortcut": "shift+o", "data-confirm": "Are you sure you want to approve this post?" %></li>
+          <li id="post-option-approve"><%= link_to "Approve", post_approvals_path(post_id: post.id), remote: true, method: :post, id: "approve", "data-shortcut": "shift+o", "data-confirm": "Are you sure you want to approve this post?" %></li>
           <li id="post-option-disapprove"><%= link_to "Hide from queue", post_disapprovals_path(post_disapproval: { post_id: post.id, reason: "disinterest" }), remote: true, method: :post, id: "disapprove" %></li>
         <% end %>
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3b98cefde..df8eda6a8 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
           get :random
         end
       end
-      resource :approval, :only => [:create]
       resources :posts, :only => [:delete, :undelete, :expunge, :confirm_delete] do
         member do
           get :confirm_delete
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
   resources :post_appeals
   resources :post_flags
-  resources :post_approvals, only: [:index]
+  resources :post_approvals, only: [:create, :index]
   resources :post_disapprovals, only: [:create, :show, :index]
   resources :post_versions, :only => [:index, :search] do
     member do
diff --git a/test/factories/user.rb b/test/factories/user.rb
index 94a4fa7bd..d364c5250 100644
--- a/test/factories/user.rb
+++ b/test/factories/user.rb
@@ -62,5 +62,10 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     factory(:uploader) do
       created_at { 2.weeks.ago }
     end
+
+    factory(:approver) do
+      level {32}
+      can_approve_posts {true}
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/functional/moderator/post/approvals_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/moderator/post/approvals_controller_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b6aab9fc2..000000000
--- a/test/functional/moderator/post/approvals_controller_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-require 'test_helper'
-
-module Moderator
-  module Post
-    class ApprovalsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
-      context "The moderator post approvals controller" do
-        setup do
-          @admin = create(:admin_user)
-          as_admin do
-            @post = create(:post, :is_pending => true)
-          end
-        end
-
-        context "create action" do
-          should "render" do
-            post_auth moderator_post_approval_path, @admin, params: {:post_id => @post.id, :format => "js"}
-            assert_response :success
-            @post.reload
-            assert(!@post.is_pending?)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/functional/post_approvals_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/post_approvals_controller_test.rb
index 55caec659..90cd2bb30 100644
--- a/test/functional/post_approvals_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/post_approvals_controller_test.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,22 @@ require 'test_helper'
 class PostApprovalsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   context "The post approvals controller" do
     setup do
-      @approval = FactoryBot.create(:post_approval)
+      @approver = create(:approver)
+    end
+
+    context "create action" do
+      should "render" do
+        @post = create(:post, is_pending: true)
+        post_auth post_approvals_path(post_id: @post.id, format: :js), @approver
+
+        assert_response :success
+        assert(!@post.reload.is_pending?)
+      end
     end
 
     context "index action" do
       should "render" do
+        @approval = create(:post_approval)
         get post_approvals_path
         assert_response :success
       end