diff --git a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
index edf77ee7..e41b77e4 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
@@ -205,16 +205,17 @@ namespace Octokit
             return Run<T>(request);
         }
 
-        public Task<HttpStatusCode> DeleteAsync(Uri uri)
+        public async Task<HttpStatusCode> DeleteAsync(Uri uri)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(uri, "uri");
 
-            return RunForStatus(new Request
+            var response = await Run<object>(new Request
             {
                 Method = HttpMethod.Delete,
                 BaseAddress = BaseAddress,
                 Endpoint = uri
             });
+            return response.StatusCode;
         }
 
         public Uri BaseAddress { get; private set; }
@@ -257,13 +258,6 @@ namespace Octokit
             return RunRequest<string>(request);
         }
 
-        async Task<HttpStatusCode> RunForStatus(IRequest request)
-        {
-            _jsonPipeline.SerializeRequest(request);
-            var response = await RunRequest<object>(request).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            return response.StatusCode;
-        }
-
         async Task<IResponse<T>> Run<T>(IRequest request)
         {
             _jsonPipeline.SerializeRequest(request);