diff --git a/addons/api/addon/models/target.js b/addons/api/addon/models/target.js
index 99e1f3d16..db28c0afb 100644
--- a/addons/api/addon/models/target.js
+++ b/addons/api/addon/models/target.js
@@ -79,4 +79,14 @@ export default class TargetModel extends GeneratedTargetModel {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete a single host set via the `delete-host-sets` method.
+   * @param {object} hostSet
+   * @param {object} options
+   * @return {Promise}
+   */
+  deleteHostSet(hostSet, options) {
+    return this.deleteHostSets([hostSet.id], options);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/models/target-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/models/target-test.js
index 7d3aab836..80adb1274 100644
--- a/addons/api/tests/unit/models/target-test.js
+++ b/addons/api/tests/unit/models/target-test.js
@@ -122,4 +122,37 @@ module('Unit | Model | target', function (hooks) {
     const model = store.peekRecord('target', '123abc');
     await model.deleteHostSets(['1', '3']);
   });
+
+  test('it has a `deleteHostSet` method that deletes a single host set using `deleteHostSets` method', async function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1);
+    this.server.post('/v1/scopes/o_1/targets/123abc:delete-host-sets', (schema, request) => {
+      const body = JSON.parse(request.requestBody);
+      assert.deepEqual(body, {
+        host_set_ids: ['3'],
+        version: 1
+      });
+    });
+    const store = this.owner.lookup('service:store');
+    store.push({
+      data: {
+        id: '123abc',
+        type: 'target',
+        attributes: {
+          name: 'Target',
+          description: 'Description',
+          host_sets: [
+            { host_set_id: '1', host_catalog_id: '2' },
+            { host_set_id: '3', host_catalog_id: '4' }
+          ],
+          version: 1,
+          scope: {
+            scope_id: 'o_1',
+            type: 'scope'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    const model = store.peekRecord('target', '123abc');
+    await model.deleteHostSet({id: '3'});
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/targets/target/host-sets.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/targets/target/host-sets.js
index 540638ebd..9b4ec2ce8 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/targets/target/host-sets.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/project/targets/target/host-sets.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsProjectTargetsTargetHostSetsRoute extend
   @action
   async delete(target, hostSet) {
     try {
-      await target.deleteHostSets([hostSet.id]);
+      await target.deleteHostSet(hostSet);
       this.refresh();
       this.notify.success(this.intl.t('notify.delete-success'));
       this.transitionTo('scopes.scope.projects.project.targets.target.host-sets');