diff --git a/stream/mts/meta/meta.go b/stream/mts/meta/meta.go
index 297b2fa2..66790315 100644
--- a/stream/mts/meta/meta.go
+++ b/stream/mts/meta/meta.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (m *Data) Get(key string) (val string, ok bool) {
 }
 
 // Delete deletes a meta entry in the map and returns error if it doesn’t exist.
-func (m *Data) Delete(key string) error {
+func (m *Data) Delete(key string) {
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()
 	if _, ok := m.data[key]; ok {
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ func (m *Data) Delete(key string) error {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
-	return errKeyAbsent
+	return
 }
 
 // Encode takes the meta data map and encodes into a byte slice with header
diff --git a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
index a97d925f..e1f9f3b7 100644
--- a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -108,23 +108,12 @@ func TestGetAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 	meta.Add(tstKey1, tstData1)
-	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected err: %v\n", err)
-	}
+	meta.Delete(tstKey1)
 	if _, ok := meta.Get(tstKey1); ok {
 		t.Error("Get incorrectly returned okay for absent key")
 	}
 }
 
-// TestDeleteAbsentKey checks that we get an expected error when we try to delete
-// an entry in the Meta map that doesn't exist.
-func TestDeleteAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
-	meta := New()
-	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf("Not expected err: %v\n", errKeyAbsent)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestEncode checks that we're getting the correct byte slice from Meta.Encode().
 func TestEncode(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()