diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
index 648d50c6..4195c428 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/umap.js
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ export default class Umap extends ServerStored {
 
   removeDataLayers() {
     this.eachDataLayerReverse((datalayer) => {
-      datalayer._delete()
+      datalayer.del()
     })
   }