diff --git a/src/cli/commands/object/patch/rm-link.js b/src/cli/commands/object/patch/rm-link.js
index cac1666ce3..dde69c30f8 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/object/patch/rm-link.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/object/patch/rm-link.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const DAGLink = require('ipld-dag-pb').DAGLink
 const debug = require('debug')
 const log = debug('cli:object')
 log.error = debug('cli:object:error')
@@ -14,12 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
   builder: {},
 
   handler (argv) {
-    // TODO rmLink should support removing by name and/or multihash
-    // without having to know everything, which in fact it does, however,
-    // since it expectes a DAGLink type, we have to pass some fake size and
-    // hash.
-    const link = new DAGLink(argv.link, 1, 'Qm')
-    argv.ipfs.object.patch.rmLink(argv.root, link, {
+    argv.ipfs.object.patch.rmLink(argv.root, { name: argv.link }, {
       enc: 'base58'
     }, (err, node) => {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/src/core/components/pin-set.js b/src/core/components/pin-set.js
index 1c816d993c..d100b85311 100644
--- a/src/core/components/pin-set.js
+++ b/src/core/components/pin-set.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ exports = module.exports = function (dag) {
         function storeChild (err, child, binIdx, cb) {
           if (err) { return cb(err) }
 
-          const opts = { cid: new CID(child._multihash), preload: false }
+          const opts = { cid: new CID(child.multihash), preload: false }
           dag.put(child, opts, err => {
             if (err) { return cb(err) }
             fanoutLinks[binIdx] = new DAGLink('', child.size, child.multihash)
diff --git a/src/http/api/resources/object.js b/src/http/api/resources/object.js
index 16f5db9c8d..9f9e7f2e32 100644
--- a/src/http/api/resources/object.js
+++ b/src/http/api/resources/object.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ exports.patchRmLink = {
 
     if (!request.query.arg[1]) {
       return reply({
-        Message: 'cannot create link with no name!',
+        Message: 'cannot remove link with no name!',
         Code: 0
       }).code(500).takeover()
     }
@@ -545,11 +545,11 @@ exports.patchRmLink = {
     const link = request.pre.args.link
     const ipfs = request.server.app.ipfs
 
-    ipfs.object.patch.rmLink(root, link, (err, node) => {
+    ipfs.object.patch.rmLink(root, { name: link }, (err, node) => {
       if (err) {
         log.error(err)
         return reply({
-          Message: 'Failed to add link to object: ' + err,
+          Message: 'Failed to remove link from object: ' + err,
           Code: 0
         }).code(500)
       }
diff --git a/test/core/pin-set.js b/test/core/pin-set.js
index 33b50ad144..64b8fb1389 100644
--- a/test/core/pin-set.js
+++ b/test/core/pin-set.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function createNodes (num, callback) {
   const items = []
   for (let i = 0; i < num; i++) {
     items.push(cb =>
-      createNode(String(i), (err, node) => cb(err, node._multihash))
+      createNode(String(i), (err, node) => cb(err, node.multihash))
     )
   }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('pinSet', function () {
 
       createNode('data', (err, node) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist()
-        const nodeHash = node._multihash
+        const nodeHash = node.multihash
         pinSet.storeSet([nodeHash], (err, rootNode) => {
           expect(err).to.not.exist()
           const node = rootNode.toJSON()