diff --git a/src/structures/APIMessage.js b/src/structures/APIMessage.js
index d68ed0563..b05fb68f9 100644
--- a/src/structures/APIMessage.js
+++ b/src/structures/APIMessage.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class APIMessage {
     } else if (this.options.embed) {
       embedLikes.push(this.options.embed);
     }
-    const embeds = embedLikes.map(e => new MessageEmbed(e)._apiTransform());
+    const embeds = embedLikes.map(e => new MessageEmbed(e).toJSON());
 
     let username;
     let avatarURL;
diff --git a/src/structures/MessageEmbed.js b/src/structures/MessageEmbed.js
index 89664af1e..19a93c346 100644
--- a/src/structures/MessageEmbed.js
+++ b/src/structures/MessageEmbed.js
@@ -317,16 +317,11 @@ class MessageEmbed {
     return this;
   }
 
-  toJSON() {
-    return Util.flatten(this, { hexColor: true });
-  }
-
   /**
-   * Transforms the embed object to be processed.
+   * Transforms the embed to a plain object.
    * @returns {Object} The raw data of this embed
-   * @private
    */
-  _apiTransform() {
+  toJSON() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
       type: 'rich',
diff --git a/typings/index.d.ts b/typings/index.d.ts
index c15391eaf..3a046059a 100644
--- a/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -1051,8 +1051,6 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
 
 	export class MessageEmbed {
 		constructor(data?: MessageEmbed | MessageEmbedOptions);
-		private _apiTransform(): MessageEmbedOptions;
-
 		public author: { name?: string; url?: string; iconURL?: string; proxyIconURL?: string } | null;
 		public color: number;
 		public readonly createdAt: Date | null;