diff --git a/src/cogs/booru.py b/src/cogs/booru.py
index d9aa140..1b7be22 100644
--- a/src/cogs/booru.py
+++ b/src/cogs/booru.py
@@ -1571,31 +1571,30 @@ class MsG:
             await ctx.send('**Invalid blacklist**')
             await ctx.message.add_reaction('\N{CROSS MARK}')
 
-    def _remove(self, tags, lst):
-        removed = []
-        skipped = []
+    def _remove(self, remove, lst):
+        removed = set()
 
-        if tags:
+        if remove:
             if type(lst) is set:
-                temp = set()
-                for tag in tags:
-                    if tag not in tags:
-                        temp.add(tag)
-                    else:
-                        removed.append(tag)
+                for tag in remove:
+                    with suppress(KeyError):
+                        lst.remove(tag)
+                        removed.add(tag)
             else:
-                temp = {}
-                for k, v in lst.items():
-                    temp[k] = set()
-                    for tag in v:
-                        if tag not in tags:
-                            temp[k].add(tag)
-                        else:
-                            removed.append(tag)
-            lst.update(temp)
+                temp = copy.deepcopy(lst)
+                for k in temp.keys():
+                    if k in remove:
+                        with suppress(KeyError):
+                            del lst[k]
+                            removed.add(k)
+                    else:
+                        lst[k] = set([tag for tag in lst[k] if tag not in remove])
+                lst = temp
+                removed.update([tag for k, v in lst.items() for tag in v if tag in remove])
+
             u.dump(self.blacklists, 'cogs/blacklists.pkl')
 
-        return removed, skipped
+        return removed
 
     @remove_tags.command(
         name='global',
@@ -1609,7 +1608,7 @@ class MsG:
         default = set() if lst == 'blacklist' else {}
 
         async with ctx.channel.typing():
-            removed, skipped = self._remove(
+            removed = self._remove(
                 tags,
                 self.blacklists['global'].get(lst, default))
 
@@ -1630,7 +1629,7 @@ class MsG:
         default = set() if lst == 'blacklist' else {}
 
         async with ctx.channel.typing():
-            removed, skipped = self._remove(
+            removed = self._remove(
                 tags,
                 self.blacklists['channel'].get(ctx.channel.id, {}).get(lst, default))
 
@@ -1650,7 +1649,7 @@ class MsG:
         default = set() if lst == 'blacklist' else {}
 
         async with ctx.channel.typing():
-            removed, skipped = self._remove(
+            removed = self._remove(
                 tags,
                 self.blacklists['user'].get(ctx.author.id, {}).get(lst, default))