diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
index 5f104634d..ef61aae62 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 				return operations.findAllAndRemove(query, metadata.getJavaType());
 			}
 
-			WriteResult writeResult = operations.remove(query, metadata.getCollectionName());
+			WriteResult writeResult = operations.remove(query, metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
 			return writeResult != null ? writeResult.getN() : 0L;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQueryUnitTests.java
similarity index 96%
rename from spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java
rename to spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQueryUnitTests.java
index b70c102d8..ea75a89c4 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQueryUnitTests.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
-public class AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests {
+public class AbstractMongoQueryUnitTests {
 
 	@Mock RepositoryMetadata metadataMock;
 	@Mock MongoOperations mongoOperationsMock;
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ public class AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests {
 
 		createQueryForMethod("deletePersonByLastname", String.class).setDeleteQuery(true).execute(new Object[] { "booh" });
 
-		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons"));
+		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class),
+				Matchers.eq("persons"));
 		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(0)).find(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.any(Class.class),
 				Matchers.anyString());
 	}
@@ -122,19 +123,21 @@ public class AbstracMongoQueryUnitTests {
 
 	/**
 	 * @see DATAMONGO-566
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-978
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void testDeleteExecutionReturnsNrDocumentsDeletedFromWriteResult() {
 
 		when(writeResultMock.getN()).thenReturn(100);
-		when(this.mongoOperationsMock.remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons")))
+		when(this.mongoOperationsMock.remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class), Matchers.eq("persons")))
 				.thenReturn(writeResultMock);
 
 		MongoQueryFake query = createQueryForMethod("deletePersonByLastname", String.class);
 		query.setDeleteQuery(true);
 
 		assertThat(query.execute(new Object[] { "fake" }), is((Object) 100L));
-		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq("persons"));
+		verify(this.mongoOperationsMock, times(1)).remove(Matchers.any(Query.class), Matchers.eq(Person.class),
+				Matchers.eq("persons"));
 	}
 
 	private MongoQueryFake createQueryForMethod(String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) {