diff --git a/player/javascript/defaults.js b/player/javascript/defaults.js
index bf40bf4e31..49164d6f77 100644
--- a/player/javascript/defaults.js
+++ b/player/javascript/defaults.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function user_data_set(path, val) {
 }
 
 function user_data_del(path) {
-    return mp.del_property_native("user-data/" + path);
+    return mp.del_property("user-data/" + path);
 }
 
 function user_data_get(path) {
diff --git a/player/lua/defaults.lua b/player/lua/defaults.lua
index 79c185701c..749d486d5f 100644
--- a/player/lua/defaults.lua
+++ b/player/lua/defaults.lua
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ function mp_utils.user_data_get(path)
 end
 
 function mp_utils.user_data_del(path)
-    return mp.del_property_native("user-data/" .. path)
+    return mp.del_property("user-data/" .. path)
 end
 
 -- cb(name, value) on change and on init