diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
index 072942a84d..30c2fb6569 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Api::V1::AccountsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def mute
-    MuteService.new.call(current_user.account, @account, **params.permit(:notifications).to_hash.symbolize_keys)
+    MuteService.new.call(current_user.account, @account, notifications: params(:notifications))
     render json: @account, serializer: REST::RelationshipSerializer, relationships: relationships
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/account_interactions.rb b/app/models/concerns/account_interactions.rb
index 6f69ce1d4b..0afdebf891 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/account_interactions.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/account_interactions.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ module AccountInteractions
     block_relationships.find_or_create_by!(target_account: other_account)
   end
 
-  def mute!(other_account, notifications: true)
+  def mute!(other_account, notifications: nil)
+    notifications = true if notifications.nil?
     mute = mute_relationships.create_with(hide_notifications: notifications).find_or_create_by!(target_account: other_account)
     # When toggling a mute between hiding and allowing notifications, the mute will already exist, so the find_or_create_by! call will return the existing Mute without updating the hide_notifications attribute. Therefore, we check that hide_notifications? is what we want and set it if it isn't.
     if mute.hide_notifications? != notifications
diff --git a/app/services/mute_service.rb b/app/services/mute_service.rb
index bd08125e65..9b7cbd81f2 100644
--- a/app/services/mute_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/mute_service.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class MuteService < BaseService
-  def call(account, target_account, **opts)
+  def call(account, target_account, notifications: nil)
     return if account.id == target_account.id
     FeedManager.instance.clear_from_timeline(account, target_account)
-    mute = account.mute!(target_account, **opts.slice(:notifications))
+    mute = account.mute!(target_account, notifications: notifications)
     BlockWorker.perform_async(account.id, target_account.id)
     mute
   end