diff --git a/src/s3handler.cpp b/src/s3handler.cpp
index ebe7c0c..0c2df3f 100644
--- a/src/s3handler.cpp
+++ b/src/s3handler.cpp
@@ -2636,20 +2636,12 @@ void S3Handler::deleteObjects()
                         res = self->commit() ? 0 : 1;
                     }
 
-                    if(res==0)
+                    if(res==0 || res==ENOENT)
                     {
                         resp += fmt::format("\t<Deleted>\n"
                             "\t\t<Key>{}</Key>\n"
                             "\t</Deleted>\n", obj.key);
                     }
-                    else if(res==ENOENT)
-                    {
-                        resp += fmt::format("\t<Error>\n"
-                            "\t\t<Code>NoSuchKey</Code>\n"
-                            "\t\t<Message>Object not found</Message>\n"
-                            "\t\t<Key>{}</Key>\n"
-                            "\t</Error>\n", obj.key);
-                    }
                     else
                     {
                         resp += fmt::format("\t<Error>\n"
@@ -2723,8 +2715,7 @@ void S3Handler::deleteObject(proxygen::HTTPMessage& headers)
                     {
                         XLOGF(INFO, "Removing object '{}' not found", self->keyInfo.key);
                         ResponseBuilder(self->downstream_)
-                            .status(404, "Not found")
-                            .body(s3errorXml(S3ErrorCode::NoSuchKey, "", self->fullKeyPath(), ""))
+                            .status(204, "No Content")
                             .sendWithEOM();
                     }
                     else if(res!=0)
@@ -2738,7 +2729,7 @@ void S3Handler::deleteObject(proxygen::HTTPMessage& headers)
                     else
                     {
                         ResponseBuilder(self->downstream_)
-                            .status(200, "OK")
+                            .status(204, "No Content")
                             .sendWithEOM();
                     }
                     self->finished_ = true;
diff --git a/test/test_basic.py b/test/test_basic.py
index 9610cdc..04a013d 100644
--- a/test/test_basic.py
+++ b/test/test_basic.py
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ def test_put_get_del_list(tmp_path: Path, hs5: Hs5Runner):
     assert "ETag" in objs[0] and objs[0]["ETag"].strip('"').lower() == fdata_md5.lower()
     
     s3_client.delete_object(Bucket=hs5.testbucketname(), Key="upload.txt")
-    with pytest.raises(ClientError):
-        s3_client.delete_object(Bucket=hs5.testbucketname(), Key="upload_nonexistent.txt")
+    s3_client.delete_object(Bucket=hs5.testbucketname(), Key="upload_nonexistent.txt")
     with pytest.raises(ClientError):
         s3_client.download_file(hs5.testbucketname(), "upload.txt", str(dl_path))
 
@@ -566,3 +565,15 @@ def test_delete_multiple_objects(tmp_path: Path, hs5: Hs5Runner):
     for i in range(5):
         with pytest.raises(ClientError):
             s3_client.head_object(Bucket='testbucket', Key=f'upload_{i}.txt')
+
+
+    objects_to_delete = [{'Key': f'nonexistent_{i}.txt'} for i in range(5)]
+    response = s3_client.delete_objects(
+        Bucket='testbucket',
+        Delete={
+            'Objects': objects_to_delete
+        }
+    )
+    # Check if all objects were reported as deleted (even if they didn't exist)
+    assert response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == 200
+    assert 'Deleted' in response and len(response['Deleted']) == 5