diff --git a/puppetboard/app.py b/puppetboard/app.py
index 9dfe18a..fc45f1c 100644
--- a/puppetboard/app.py
+++ b/puppetboard/app.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from flask import (
 )
 
 from pypuppetdb import connect
-from pypuppetdb.errors import EmptyResponseError
 from pypuppetdb.QueryBuilder import *
 
 from puppetboard.forms import (CatalogForm, QueryForm)
@@ -119,26 +118,6 @@ def utility_processor():
     return dict(now=now)
 
 
-#
-# 204 doesn't have a mapping in werkzeug, we need to define a custom
-# class and then set it to the mappings.
-#
-class NoContent(ex.HTTPException):
-    code = 204
-    description = '<p>No content</p'
-
-abort.mapping[204] = NoContent
-
-try:
-    @app.errorhandler(204)
-    def no_content(e):
-        return '', 204
-except KeyError:
-    @app.errorhandler(EmptyResponseError)
-    def no_content(e):
-        return '', 204
-
-
 @app.errorhandler(400)
 def bad_request(e):
     envs = environments()
diff --git a/test/test_app_error.py b/test/test_app_error.py
index 7b20d84..4fd7c0b 100644
--- a/test/test_app_error.py
+++ b/test/test_app_error.py
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ def mock_puppetdb_environments(mocker):
                                return_value=environemnts)
 
 
-def test_error_no_content():
-    result = app.no_content(None)
-    assert result[0] == ''
-    assert result[1] == 204
-
-
 def test_error_bad_request(mock_puppetdb_environments):
     with app.app.test_request_context():
         (output, error_code) = app.bad_request(None)
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index e8e6de2..a56106f 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound, InternalServerError
 
 from puppetboard import utils
 from puppetboard import app
-from puppetboard.app import NoContent
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 import logging
@@ -108,19 +107,6 @@ def test_http_connection_error(mock_log):
         mock_log.error.assert_called_with(err)
 
 
-def test_http_empty(mock_log, mocker):
-    err = "Empty Response"
-
-    def connection_error():
-        raise EmptyResponseError(err)
-
-    flask_abort = mocker.patch('flask.abort')
-    with pytest.raises(NoContent):
-        utils.get_or_abort(connection_error)
-        mock_log.error.assert_called_with(err)
-        flask_abort.assert_called_with('204')
-
-
 def test_db_version_good(mocker, mock_info_log):
     mocker.patch.object(app.puppetdb, 'current_version', return_value='4.2.0')
     err = 'PuppetDB Version %d.%d.%d' % (4, 2, 0)