diff --git a/tuskarclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py b/tuskarclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
index 7a02aeb..cf9f98e 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/openstack/common/apiclient/base.py
@@ -216,12 +216,19 @@ class BaseManager(HookableMixin):
         else:
             return self.resource_class(self, body)
 
-    def _delete(self, url):
+    def _delete(self, url, response_key=None):
         """Delete an object.
 
         :param url: a partial URL, e.g., '/servers/my-server'
         """
-        return self.client.delete(url)
+        resp = self.client.delete(url)
+        # DELETE requests may not return a body
+        if resp.content:
+            body = resp.json()
+            if response_key is not None:
+                return self.resource_class(self, body[response_key])
+            else:
+                return self.resource_class(self, body)
 
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
diff --git a/tuskarclient/tests/v2/test_plans.py b/tuskarclient/tests/v2/test_plans.py
index 36ec237..0c76fa6 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/tests/v2/test_plans.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/tests/v2/test_plans.py
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ class PlanManagerTest(tutils.TestCase):
     def test_remove_role(self):
         """Test assigning Role to a Plan."""
         self.assertThat('delete', tutils.IsMethodOn(self.api))
-        self.api.delete = mock.Mock(return_value=(
-            'resp',
-            'fake_plan_data'))
+        api_delete_return_mock = mock.Mock()
+        self.api.delete = mock.Mock(return_value=api_delete_return_mock)
         self.assertThat('resource_class', tutils.IsMethodOn(self.pm))
         self.pm.resource_class = mock.Mock(return_value='fake_plan')
 
         self.assertEqual(self.pm.remove_role('42', role_uuid='qwert12345'),
                          'fake_plan')
         self.api.delete.assert_called_with('/plans/42/roles/qwert12345')
-        self.pm.resource_class.assert_called_with(self.pm, 'fake_plan_data')
+        self.pm.resource_class.assert_called_with(
+            self.pm, api_delete_return_mock.json())
 
     def test_templates_path(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.pm._templates_path('42'),
diff --git a/tuskarclient/v2/plans.py b/tuskarclient/v2/plans.py
index baa562a..77410e9 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/v2/plans.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/v2/plans.py
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ class PlanManager(base.BaseManager):
         :rtype: tuskarclient.v2.plans.Plan
         """
 
-        rep, body = self._delete(self._roles_path(plan_uuid, role_uuid))
-
-        return self.resource_class(self, body)
+        return self._delete(self._roles_path(plan_uuid, role_uuid))
 
     def templates(self, plan_uuid):
         """Gets template files from a Plan.