diff --git a/R/setup.R b/R/setup.R
index 73d090f..d909463 100644
--- a/R/setup.R
+++ b/R/setup.R
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ create_universe_repo <- function(owner){
 #' @rdname setup_universes
 #' @param only_if_empty only delete the universe if there are no deployed packages
 delete_universe_repo <- function(owner, only_if_empty = FALSE){
-  url <- sprintf('https://%s.r-universe.dev/packages', owner)
+  url <- sprintf('https://%s.r-universe.dev/api/ls', owner)
   pkgs <- jsonlite::fromJSON(url)
   if(length(pkgs)){
     if(only_if_empty){