diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/DeclineAndBlockScreen/DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModel.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/DeclineAndBlockScreen/DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModel.swift
index eeed50e17..f35bfa4e1 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/DeclineAndBlockScreen/DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModel.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/DeclineAndBlockScreen/DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModel.swift
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModel: DeclineAndBlockScreenViewModelType, Declin
         case .success:
             var shouldShowFailure = false
             if state.bindings.shouldReport {
-                shouldShowFailure = await clientProxy.reportRoomForIdentifier(roomID, reason: state.bindings.reportReason.isEmpty ? "" : state.bindings.reportReason).isFailure
+                shouldShowFailure = await clientProxy.reportRoomForIdentifier(roomID, reason: state.bindings.reportReason).isFailure
             }
             
             if state.bindings.shouldBlockUser {
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/ReportRoomScreen/ReportRoomScreenViewModel.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/ReportRoomScreen/ReportRoomScreenViewModel.swift
index f961ae3c1..15070fbc0 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/ReportRoomScreen/ReportRoomScreenViewModel.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/ReportRoomScreen/ReportRoomScreenViewModel.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ReportRoomScreenViewModel: ReportRoomScreenViewModelType, ReportRoomScreen
         
     private func report() async {
         showLoadingIndicator()
-        let result = await roomProxy.reportRoom(reason: state.bindings.reason.isEmpty ? "" : state.bindings.reason)
+        let result = await roomProxy.reportRoom(reason: state.bindings.reason)
         
         switch result {
         case .success: