diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 95fc634e7b..8536f1df46 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ class SystemJobList(ListCreateAPIView):
         return super(SystemJobList, self).get(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class SystemJobDetail(RetrieveAPIView):
+class SystemJobDetail(RetrieveDestroyAPIView):
 
     model = SystemJob
     serializer_class = SystemJobSerializer