diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/api.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/api.py
index b1c0411b900..636ad165983 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/api.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/api.py
@@ -1277,10 +1277,15 @@ async def drop_tip(self, mount: top_types.Mount, home_after: bool = True) -> Non
         """Drop tip at the current location."""
         await self.tip_drop_moves(mount, home_after)
 
+        # todo(mm, 2024-10-17): Ideally, callers would be able to replicate the behavior
+        # of this method via self.drop_tip_moves() plus other public methods. This
+        # currently prevents that: there is no public equivalent for
+        # instrument.set_current_volume().
         instrument = self.get_pipette(mount)
         instrument.set_current_volume(0)
-        instrument.current_tiprack_diameter = 0.0
-        instrument.remove_tip()
+
+        self.set_current_tiprack_diameter(mount, 0.0)
+        await self.remove_tip(mount)
 
     async def create_simulating_module(
         self,
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/ot3api.py b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/ot3api.py
index 8d1d8c4b6a1..52be73119a3 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/ot3api.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/hardware_control/ot3api.py
@@ -2323,14 +2323,19 @@ async def drop_tip(
         self, mount: Union[top_types.Mount, OT3Mount], home_after: bool = False
     ) -> None:
         """Drop tip at the current location."""
+        await self.tip_drop_moves(mount=mount, home_after=home_after)
+
+        # todo(mm, 2024-10-17): Ideally, callers would be able to replicate the behavior
+        # of this method via self.drop_tip_moves() plus other public methods. This
+        # currently prevents that: there is no public equivalent for
+        # instrument.set_current_volume().
         realmount = OT3Mount.from_mount(mount)
         instrument = self._pipette_handler.get_pipette(realmount)
+        instrument.set_current_volume(0)
 
-        await self.tip_drop_moves(mount=mount, home_after=home_after)
+        self.set_current_tiprack_diameter(mount, 0.0)
+        await self.remove_tip(mount)
 
-        instrument.set_current_volume(0)
-        instrument.current_tiprack_diameter = 0.0
-        instrument.remove_tip()
         # call this in case we're simulating:
         if isinstance(self._backend, OT3Simulator):
             self._backend._update_tip_state(realmount, False)