diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/users_controller.rb
index e8e2408bb9b3fe9a0eb4fd6978cdf882c786f979..881d2d6c9688830ebd19a5eeca7ae2718b6c57b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/users_controller.rb
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ class V1::UsersController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /v1/users/1
   # DELETE /v1/users/1.json
   def destroy
-    if current_user == @user
-      render status: :forbidden
-    else
+    if current_user.is_admin?
       @user.destroy
       render status: :ok
+    else
+      render status: :forbidden
     end
   end