diff --git a/bolt/dashboard.go b/bolt/dashboard.go
index 21163a961a..3af3d2bc24 100644
--- a/bolt/dashboard.go
+++ b/bolt/dashboard.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var (
 const (
 	dashboardCreatedEvent = "Dashboard Created"
 	dashboardUpdatedEvent = "Dashboard Updated"
+	dashboardRemovedEvent = "Dashboard Removed"
 
 	dashboardCellsReplacedEvent = "Dashboard Cells Replaced"
 	dashboardCellAddedEvent     = "Dashboard Cell Added"
@@ -823,7 +824,6 @@ func (c *Client) deleteDashboard(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, id platform.I
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO(desa): add DeleteKeyValueLog method and use it here.
 	err = c.deleteUserResourceMappings(ctx, tx, platform.UserResourceMappingFilter{
 		ResourceID:   id,
 		ResourceType: platform.DashboardsResourceType,
@@ -833,6 +833,13 @@ func (c *Client) deleteDashboard(ctx context.Context, tx *bolt.Tx, id platform.I
 			Err: err,
 		}
 	}
+
+	if err := c.appendDashboardEventToLog(ctx, tx, d.ID, dashboardRemovedEvent); err != nil {
+		return &platform.Error{
+			Err: err,
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/bolt/dashboard_test.go b/bolt/dashboard_test.go
index f265089e84..3e6b84983b 100644
--- a/bolt/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/bolt/dashboard_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package bolt_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	platform "github.com/influxdata/influxdb"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/bolt"
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ func initDashboardService(f platformtesting.DashboardFields, t *testing.T) (plat
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to create new bolt client: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	if f.NowFn == nil {
+		f.NowFn = time.Now
+	}
+
 	c.IDGenerator = f.IDGenerator
 	c.WithTime(f.NowFn)
 	ctx := context.TODO()