diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component.spec.ts
index bc24894145..9534f1c720 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-access-control/epeople-registry/epeople-registry.component.spec.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('EPeopleRegistryComponent', () => {
       it('first ePerson is deleted', () => {
         expect(ePeopleIdsFoundBeforeDelete.length === ePeopleIdsFoundAfterDelete + 1);
         ePeopleIdsFoundAfterDelete.forEach((epersonElement) => {
-          expect(epersonElement.nativeElement.textContent !== ePeopleIdsFoundBeforeDelete[0].nativeElement.textContent).toBeTrue();
+          expect(epersonElement !== ePeopleIdsFoundBeforeDelete[0].nativeElement.textContent).toBeTrue();
         });
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts
index 8898212e53..ec8b96d1cd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/eperson/eperson-data.service.ts
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ export class EPersonDataService extends DataService<EPerson> {
       map((oldEPerson: EPerson) => {
         const operations = this.generateOperations(oldEPerson, ePerson);
         const patchRequest = new PatchRequest(requestId, ePerson._links.self.href, operations);
-        this.requestService.configure(patchRequest);
+        return this.requestService.configure(patchRequest);
       }),
-    );
+      take(1)
+    ).subscribe();
 
     return this.fetchResponse(requestId);
   }