diff --git a/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java b/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
index 2276270..6857f09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ninja/S3Dispatcher.java
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ private void deleteObject(final WebContext webContext, final Bucket bucket, fina
         StoredObject object = bucket.getObject(id);
         object.delete();
 
-        webContext.respondWith().status(HttpResponseStatus.OK);
+        webContext.respondWith().status(HttpResponseStatus.NO_CONTENT);
         signalObjectSuccess(webContext);
     }