diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 27b9331..9c74b69 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -4026,14 +4026,6 @@ sub dnsexit2_update_host {
         failed("updating %s: Could not connect to %s", $h, $url);
         return;
     };
-    (my $http_status) = ($reply =~ m%^s*HTTP/.*\s+(\d+)%i);
-    debug("HTTP response code: %s", $http_status);
-    if ($http_status ne '200') {
-        failed("Failed to update Host\n%s", $h);
-        failed("HTTP response code\n%s", $http_status);
-        failed("Full reply\n%s", $reply) unless opt('verbose');
-        return;
-    }
     (my $body = $reply) =~ s/^.*?\r?\n\r?\n//s;
     my $response = eval { decode_json($body); };
     if (!$response) {