diff --git a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
index 67eadf422..5c340038c 100644
--- a/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebAPIService.cpp
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ void WebAPIService::parse(AsyncWebServerRequest * request, JsonObject & input) {
         }
         emsesp::EMSESP::logger().err(error);
         api_fails_++;
-    } else {
-        // if there was no json output from the call, default to the output message 'OK'.
-        if (!output.size()) {
-            output["message"] = "OK";
-        }
     }
 
     // if we're returning single values, just sent as plain text