diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/report-filters/category.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/report-filters/category.js.es6
index 7cc490cda41..fab7753da4c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/report-filters/category.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/report-filters/category.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import Category from "discourse/models/category";
-import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
+import { readOnly } from "@ember/object/computed";
 import FilterComponent from "admin/components/report-filters/filter";
 
 export default FilterComponent.extend({
@@ -7,14 +6,11 @@ export default FilterComponent.extend({
 
   layoutName: "admin/templates/components/report-filters/category",
 
-  @discourseComputed("filter.default")
-  category(categoryId) {
-    return Category.findById(categoryId);
-  },
+  category: readOnly("filter.default"),
 
   actions: {
-    onDeselect() {
-      this.applyFilter(this.get("filter.id"), undefined);
+    onChange(categoryId) {
+      this.applyFilter(this.get("filter.id"), categoryId || undefined);
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/report-filters/category.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/report-filters/category.hbs
index 62de5e0bed0..31110bcbbdc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/report-filters/category.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/report-filters/category.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {{search-advanced-category-chooser
-  filterable=true
   value=category
-  onChange=(action (mut category))
+  onChange=(action "onChange")
+  options=(hash
+    filterable=true
+  )
 }}