diff --git a/api/lambda.go b/api/lambda.go
index d18f1316f2e114ec6a1cc40a57a62cfd6207290e..c229eef9b0cfeb8d075eab60e0c26735e55ee53d 100644
--- a/api/lambda.go
+++ b/api/lambda.go
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ func (api Api) Handler(baseCtx context.Context, apiGatewayProxyReq events.APIGat
 
 	//handler succeeded, some handler does not have a response data (typically post/put/patch/delete)
 	err = nil
-	res.StatusCode = http.StatusOK
+	switch apiGatewayProxyReq.HTTPMethod {
+	case http.MethodDelete:
+		res.StatusCode = http.StatusNoContent
+	default:
+		res.StatusCode = http.StatusOK
+	}
 
 	if len(results) > 1 {
 		responseStruct := results[0].Interface()