diff --git a/databricks/sdk/core.py b/databricks/sdk/core.py
index bbb45310e..ebf3aa185 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/core.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/core.py
@@ -145,11 +145,14 @@ def do(self,
         if not len(response.content):
             return resp
 
-        json = response.json()
-        if isinstance(json, list):
-            return json
+        jsonResponse = response.json()
+        if jsonResponse is None:
+            return resp
+
+        if isinstance(jsonResponse, list):
+            return jsonResponse
 
-        return {**resp, **json}
+        return {**resp, **jsonResponse}
 
     @staticmethod
     def _is_retryable(err: BaseException) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index aed659b3b..3ca6ca830 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -335,6 +335,21 @@ def test_shares(config, requests_mock):
     assert requests_mock.last_request.json() == {'changes': [{'principal': 'principal'}]}
 
 
+def test_deletes(config, requests_mock):
+    requests_mock.delete("http://localhost/api/2.0/preview/sql/alerts/alertid",
+                         request_headers={"User-Agent": config.user_agent},
+                         text="null",
+                         )
+
+    w = WorkspaceClient(config=config)
+    res = w.alerts.delete(alert_id="alertId")
+
+    assert requests_mock.call_count == 1
+    assert requests_mock.called
+
+    assert res is None
+
+
 def test_error(config, requests_mock):
     errorJson = {
         "message":