diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/relation.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/relation.py
index 35d88a54b14..529f31041c9 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/relation.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/relation.py
@@ -268,27 +268,20 @@ def create(self, request, slug, project_id, issue_id):
             )
 
     def remove_relation(self, request, slug, project_id, issue_id):
-        relation_type = request.data.get("relation_type", None)
         related_issue = request.data.get("related_issue", None)
 
-        if relation_type in ["blocking", "start_after", "finish_after"]:
-            issue_relation = IssueRelation.objects.get(
-                workspace__slug=slug,
-                project_id=project_id,
-                issue_id=related_issue,
-                related_issue_id=issue_id,
-            )
-        else:
-            issue_relation = IssueRelation.objects.get(
-                workspace__slug=slug,
-                project_id=project_id,
-                issue_id=issue_id,
-                related_issue_id=related_issue,
-            )
+        issue_relations = IssueRelation.objects.filter(
+            workspace__slug=slug,
+            project_id=project_id,
+        ).filter(
+            Q(issue_id=related_issue, related_issue_id=issue_id) |
+            Q(issue_id=issue_id, related_issue_id=related_issue)
+        )
+        issue_relations = issue_relations.first()
         current_instance = json.dumps(
-            IssueRelationSerializer(issue_relation).data, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder
+            IssueRelationSerializer(issue_relations).data, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder
         )
-        issue_relation.delete()
+        issue_relations.delete()
         issue_activity.delay(
             type="issue_relation.activity.deleted",
             requested_data=json.dumps(request.data, cls=DjangoJSONEncoder),
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/search/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/search/issue.py
index 13fdc4effa0..3db9e1cba1e 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/search/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/search/issue.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Python imports
-
 # Django imports
 from django.db.models import Q
 
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # Module imports
 from .base import BaseAPIView
-from plane.db.models import Issue, ProjectMember
+from plane.db.models import Issue, ProjectMember, IssueRelation
 from plane.utils.issue_search import search_issues
 
 
@@ -47,17 +45,18 @@ def get(self, request, slug, project_id):
                 )
         if issue_relation == "true" and issue_id:
             issue = Issue.issue_objects.filter(pk=issue_id).first()
+            related_issue_ids = IssueRelation.objects.filter(
+                Q(related_issue=issue) | Q(issue=issue)
+            ).values_list(
+                "issue_id", "related_issue_id"
+            ).distinct()
+
+            related_issue_ids = [item for sublist in related_issue_ids for item in sublist]
+
             if issue:
                 issues = issues.filter(
                     ~Q(pk=issue_id),
-                    ~(
-                        Q(issue_related__issue=issue)
-                        & Q(issue_related__deleted_at__isnull=True)
-                    ),
-                    ~(
-                        Q(issue_relation__related_issue=issue)
-                        & Q(issue_relation__deleted_at__isnull=True)
-                    ),
+                    ~Q(pk__in=related_issue_ids),
                 )
         if sub_issue == "true" and issue_id:
             issue = Issue.issue_objects.filter(pk=issue_id).first()