diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollowers.ts b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollowers.ts
index af6e78c22b7..b2d3288b4bd 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollowers.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollowers.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const hydration = async (
   const profileState = await ctx.hydrator.hydrateProfiles(
     dids,
     params.hydrateCtx,
+    params.canViewTakedowns,
   )
   return mergeStates(followState, profileState)
 }
diff --git a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollows.ts b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollows.ts
index 08e4abebc0f..d1840f9a19a 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollows.ts
+++ b/packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/graph/getFollows.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const hydration = async (
   const profileState = await ctx.hydrator.hydrateProfiles(
     dids,
     params.hydrateCtx,
+    params.canViewTakedowns,
   )
   return mergeStates(followState, profileState)
 }