diff --git a/clients/js/test/removeAuthority.test.ts b/clients/js/test/removeAuthority.test.ts
index bd621a4c..7c9d784f 100644
--- a/clients/js/test/removeAuthority.test.ts
+++ b/clients/js/test/removeAuthority.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { generateSigner } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi';
 import test from 'ava';
 // import { base58 } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi/serializers';
+import { generateSignerWithSol } from '@metaplex-foundation/umi-bundle-tests';
 import {
   Asset,
   AssetWithPlugins,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   create,
   fetchAsset,
   fetchAssetWithPlugins,
+  plugin,
   removeAuthority,
   updateAuthority,
 } from '../src';
@@ -217,3 +219,84 @@ test('it can remove the default authority from a plugin to make it immutable', a
     ],
   });
 });
+
+test('it can remove a pubkey authority from a plugin if that pubkey is the signer authority', async (t) => {
+  // Given a Umi instance and a new signer.
+  const umi = await createUmi();
+  const assetAddress = generateSigner(umi);
+  const pubkeyAuth = await generateSignerWithSol(umi);
+
+  // When we create a new account.
+  await create(umi, {
+    dataState: DataState.AccountState,
+    assetAddress,
+    name: 'Test Bread',
+    uri: 'https://example.com/bread',
+    plugins: [],
+  }).sendAndConfirm(umi);
+
+  await addPlugin(umi, {
+    assetAddress: assetAddress.publicKey,
+    plugin: plugin('Freeze', [{ frozen: false }]),
+  }).sendAndConfirm(umi);
+
+  await addAuthority(umi, {
+    assetAddress: assetAddress.publicKey,
+    pluginType: PluginType.Freeze,
+    newAuthority: {
+      __kind: 'Pubkey',
+      address: pubkeyAuth.publicKey,
+    },
+  }).sendAndConfirm(umi);
+
+  const asset1 = await fetchAssetWithPlugins(umi, assetAddress.publicKey);
+  // console.log(JSON.stringify(asset1, (_, v) => typeof v === 'bigint' ? v.toString() : v, 2));
+  t.like(asset1, <AssetWithPlugins>{
+    publicKey: assetAddress.publicKey,
+    updateAuthority: updateAuthority('Address', [umi.identity.publicKey]),
+    owner: umi.identity.publicKey,
+    name: 'Test Bread',
+    uri: 'https://example.com/bread',
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        authorities: [{ __kind: 'Owner' }, { __kind: 'Pubkey', address: pubkeyAuth.publicKey }],
+        plugin: {
+          __kind: 'Freeze',
+          fields: [{ frozen: false }],
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const umi2 = await createUmi();
+
+  await removeAuthority(umi2, {
+    payer: umi2.identity,
+    assetAddress: assetAddress.publicKey,
+    authority: pubkeyAuth,
+    pluginType: PluginType.Freeze,
+    authorityToRemove: {
+      __kind: 'Pubkey',
+      address: pubkeyAuth.publicKey,
+    },
+  }).sendAndConfirm(umi);
+
+  const asset2 = await fetchAssetWithPlugins(umi, assetAddress.publicKey);
+  // console.log(JSON.stringify(asset1, (_, v) => typeof v === 'bigint' ? v.toString() : v, 2));
+  t.like(asset2, <AssetWithPlugins>{
+    publicKey: assetAddress.publicKey,
+    updateAuthority: updateAuthority('Address', [umi.identity.publicKey]),
+    owner: umi.identity.publicKey,
+    name: 'Test Bread',
+    uri: 'https://example.com/bread',
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        authorities: [{ __kind: 'Owner' }],
+        plugin: {
+          __kind: 'Freeze',
+          fields: [{ frozen: false }],
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+});
diff --git a/programs/mpl-core/src/plugins/utils.rs b/programs/mpl-core/src/plugins/utils.rs
index d3ecfe65..a1a70ede 100644
--- a/programs/mpl-core/src/plugins/utils.rs
+++ b/programs/mpl-core/src/plugins/utils.rs
@@ -355,7 +355,13 @@ pub fn remove_authority_from_plugin<'a>(
         .ok_or(MplCoreError::PluginNotFound)?;
 
     let resolved_authority = resolve_authority_to_default(asset, authority);
-    if resolved_authority != registry_record.authorities[0] {
+
+    // TODO inspect this logic
+    if resolved_authority != registry_record.authorities[0]
+        && ( // pubkey authorities can remove themselves if they are a signer
+            Authority::Pubkey { address: authority.key.clone() } == authority_to_remove.clone() &&
+            !registry_record.authorities.contains(authority_to_remove)
+        ) {
         return Err(MplCoreError::InvalidAuthority.into());
     }