diff --git a/registry/handlers/app.go b/registry/handlers/app.go
index 670a2794b..766dc4b92 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/app.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/app.go
@@ -901,12 +901,10 @@ func appendAccessRecords(records []auth.Access, method string, repo string) []au
 				Action:   "push",
 			})
 	case "DELETE":
-		// DELETE access requires full admin rights, which is represented
-		// as "*". This may not be ideal.
 		records = append(records,
 			auth.Access{
 				Resource: resource,
-				Action:   "*",
+				Action:   "delete",
 			})
 	}
 	return records
diff --git a/registry/handlers/app_test.go b/registry/handlers/app_test.go
index 385fa4c6b..12c0b61c1 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/app_test.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/app_test.go
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ func TestAppendAccessRecords(t *testing.T) {
 		Resource: expectedResource,
 		Action:   "push",
 	}
-	expectedAllRecord := auth.Access{
+	expectedDeleteRecord := auth.Access{
 		Resource: expectedResource,
-		Action:   "*",
+		Action:   "delete",
 	}
 
 	records := []auth.Access{}
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestAppendAccessRecords(t *testing.T) {
 
 	records = []auth.Access{}
 	result = appendAccessRecords(records, "DELETE", repo)
-	expectedResult = []auth.Access{expectedAllRecord}
+	expectedResult = []auth.Access{expectedDeleteRecord}
 	if ok := reflect.DeepEqual(result, expectedResult); !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("Actual access record differs from expected")
 	}