diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer.rb
index 5d6311b872..8aa0d89386 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ class REST::ScheduledStatusSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   end
 
   def params
-    object.params.without(:application_id)
+    object.params.without('application_id')
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer_spec.rb
index 7d0d7c96bb..2fe689766f 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/rest/scheduled_status_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ RSpec.describe REST::ScheduledStatusSerializer do
   end
 
   let(:account) { Fabricate(:account) }
-  let(:scheduled_status) { Fabricate.build(:scheduled_status, scheduled_at: 4.minutes.from_now, account: account) }
+  let(:scheduled_status) { Fabricate.build(:scheduled_status, scheduled_at: 4.minutes.from_now, account: account, params: { application_id: 123 }) }
 
-  context 'with scheduled_at' do
+  describe 'serialization' do
     it 'is serialized as RFC 3339 datetime' do
-      expect { DateTime.rfc3339(subject['scheduled_at']) }.to_not raise_error
+      expect { DateTime.rfc3339(subject['scheduled_at']) }
+        .to_not raise_error
+    end
+
+    it 'returns expected values and removes application_id from params' do
+      expect(subject.deep_symbolize_keys)
+        .to include(scheduled_at: be_a(String))
+        .and include(params: not_include(:application_id))
     end
   end
 end