diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/export_ifc.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/export_ifc.py
index 712fc73cdb..5290b1215f 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/export_ifc.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/export_ifc.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class IfcExporter:
         for guid in to_delete:
             product = self.file.by_id(guid)
             IfcStore.unlink_element(product)
-            ifcopenshell.api.run("remove_product", self.file, **{"product": product})
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("root.remove_product", self.file, **{"product": product})
 
     def sync_edited_objects(self):
         for obj_name in IfcStore.edited_objs.copy():
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/root/remove_product.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/root/remove_product.py
index 80c9e16004..1a1fcd64a3 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/root/remove_product.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/root/remove_product.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class Usecase:
         elif self.settings["product"].is_a("IfcTypeProduct"):
             representations = [rm.MappedRepresentation for rm in self.settings["product"].RepresentationMaps or []]
         for representation in representations:
-            ifcopenshell.api.run("owner.unassign_representation",
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.unassign_representation",
                 self.file, **{"product": self.settings["product"], "representation": representation}
             )
-            ifcopenshell.api.run("owner.remove_representation", self.file, **{"representation": representation})
+            ifcopenshell.api.run("geometry.remove_representation", self.file, **{"representation": representation})
         # TODO: remove object placement and other relationships
         self.file.remove(self.settings["product"])