diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_decorator.rb b/app/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_decorator.rb
index 476d3c1543..a225c4c401 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_decorator.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Spree::Api::VariantsController.class_eval do
   def soft_delete
-    @variant = scope.find(params[:id])
+    @variant = scope.find(params[:variant_id])
     authorize! :delete, @variant
 
     @variant.deleted_at = Time.now()
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 4ca341db37..63d313aa09 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ Spree::Core::Engine.routes.prepend do
 
     resources :products do
       get :managed, on: :collection
-    end
 
-    resources :variants do
-      delete :soft_delete
+      resources :variants do
+        delete :soft_delete
+      end
     end
 
     resources :orders do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_spec.rb
index 66806798fc..6177344b7c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/spree/api/variants_controller_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module Spree
         product = create(:product)
         variant = product.master
 
-        spree_delete :soft_delete, {id: variant.to_param, product_id: product.to_param, format: :json}
+        spree_delete :soft_delete, {variant_id: variant.to_param, product_id: product.to_param, format: :json}
         response.status.should == 204
         lambda { variant.reload }.should_not raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
         variant.deleted_at.should_not be_nil