diff --git a/agent/acl_endpoint.go b/agent/acl_endpoint.go
index b4be17ce7f..64eaad0de8 100644
--- a/agent/acl_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/acl_endpoint.go
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) ACLPolicyDelete(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	}
 	s.parseToken(req, &args.Token)
 
-	var out string
-	if err := s.agent.RPC("ACL.PolicyDelete", args, &out); err != nil {
+	var ignored string
+	if err := s.agent.RPC("ACL.PolicyDelete", args, &ignored); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) ACLTokenDelete(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	}
 	s.parseToken(req, &args.Token)
 
-	var out string
-	if err := s.agent.RPC("ACL.TokenDelete", args, &out); err != nil {
+	var ignored string
+	if err := s.agent.RPC("ACL.TokenDelete", args, &ignored); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return true, nil
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
index 9d1e9e160d..138ff845ee 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl_endpoint.go
@@ -811,10 +811,6 @@ func (a *ACL) PolicyDelete(args *structs.ACLPolicyDeleteRequest, reply *string)
 
 	a.srv.acls.cache.RemovePolicy(policy.ID)
 
-	if resp == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if respErr, ok := resp.(error); ok {
 		return respErr
 	}