diff --git a/core/src/core-plugins.ts b/core/src/core-plugins.ts
index 7ec429f7c5..099db3916a 100644
--- a/core/src/core-plugins.ts
+++ b/core/src/core-plugins.ts
@@ -385,19 +385,23 @@ export class CapacitorHttpPluginWeb
 
     let data: any;
     let blob: any;
-    switch (responseType) {
-      case 'arraybuffer':
-      case 'blob':
-        blob = await response.blob();
-        data = await readBlobAsBase64(blob);
-        break;
-      case 'json':
-        data = await response.json();
-        break;
-      case 'document':
-      case 'text':
-      default:
-        data = await response.text();
+    if (response.status === 204) {
+      data = null;
+    } else {
+      switch (responseType) {
+        case 'arraybuffer':
+        case 'blob':
+          blob = await response.blob();
+          data = await readBlobAsBase64(blob);
+          break;
+        case 'json':
+          data = await response.json();
+          break;
+        case 'document':
+        case 'text':
+        default:
+          data = await response.text();
+      }
     }
 
     // Convert fetch headers to Capacitor HttpHeaders