diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/api/__tests__/fetchApi.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/api/__tests__/fetchApi.test.tsx
index cd20fb8..1be911b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/api/__tests__/fetchApi.test.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/api/__tests__/fetchApi.test.tsx
@@ -34,22 +34,14 @@ describe('fetchAPI', () => {
   });
 
   it('logout if 401 response', async () => {
-    useAuthStore.setState({
-      authenticated: true,
-      userData: { id: '123', email: 'test@test.com' },
-    });
+    const logoutMock = jest.fn();
+    jest
+      .spyOn(useAuthStore.getState(), 'logout')
+      .mockImplementation(logoutMock);
 
     fetchMock.mock('http://some.api.url/api/v1.0/some/url', 401);
-    fetchMock.mock('http://some.api.url/api/v1.0/logout/', 302);
-
     await fetchAPI('some/url');
 
-    await Promise.all([fetchMock.flush()]);
-
-    expect(fetchMock.lastUrl()).toEqual('http://some.api.url/api/v1.0/logout/');
-
-    const { userData, authenticated } = useAuthStore.getState();
-    expect(userData).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(authenticated).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(logoutMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/index.ts b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/index.ts
index 45350f2..e7086fe 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 export * from './types';
 export * from './getMe';
-export * from './logout';
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/logout.ts b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/logout.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 31bbea7..0000000
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/api/logout.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { fetchAPI } from '@/api';
-
-export const logout = async () => {
-  await fetchAPI(`logout/`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    redirect: 'manual',
-  });
-};
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/useAuthStore.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/useAuthStore.tsx
index 6b430e1..27174db 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/useAuthStore.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/core/auth/useAuthStore.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { create } from 'zustand';
 
-import { User, getMe, logout } from './api';
+import { User, getMe } from './api';
 
 export const login = () => {
   window.location.replace(
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthStore>((set) => ({
       });
   },
   logout: () => {
-    void logout().then(() => {
-      set(initialState);
-    });
+    window.location.replace(
+      new URL('logout/', process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL).href,
+    );
   },
 }));
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-desk/header.spec.ts b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-desk/header.spec.ts
index c6b5dfd..ccb851a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-desk/header.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-desk/header.spec.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ test.describe('Header', () => {
       })
       .click();
 
-    // FIXME - assert the session has been killed in Keycloak
-
     await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' })).toBeVisible();
   });