diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e33d890ae..86f955815 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2469,3 +2469,5 @@
 * Ensure LDAP usernames are always treated lowercase
 * Add a way to make LDAP users local
 * proxyAuth: set X-Remote-User (rfc3875)
+* GoDaddy: there is now a delete API
+
diff --git a/src/dns/godaddy.js b/src/dns/godaddy.js
index e3e7e745d..8a69e2cf1 100644
--- a/src/dns/godaddy.js
+++ b/src/dns/godaddy.js
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
 // const GODADDY_API_OTE = 'https://api.ote-godaddy.com/v1/domains';
 const GODADDY_API = 'https://api.godaddy.com/v1/domains';
 
-// this is a workaround for godaddy not having a delete API
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39347464/delete-record-libcloud-godaddy-api
-const GODADDY_INVALID_IP = '0.0.0.0';
-const GODADDY_INVALID_IPv6 = '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0';
-const GODADDY_INVALID_TXT = '""';
-
 function formatError(response) {
     return util.format(`GoDaddy DNS error [${response.statusCode}] ${response.body.message}`);
 }
@@ -106,6 +100,12 @@ async function get(domainObject, location, type) {
     const values = response.body.map(function (record) { return record.data; });
 
     if (values.length === 1) {
+        // legacy: this was a workaround for godaddy not having a delete API
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39347464/delete-record-libcloud-godaddy-api
+        const GODADDY_INVALID_IP = '0.0.0.0';
+        const GODADDY_INVALID_IPv6 = '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0';
+        const GODADDY_INVALID_TXT = '""';
+
         if ((type === 'A' && values[0] === GODADDY_INVALID_IP)
             || (type === 'AAAA' && values[0] === GODADDY_INVALID_IPv6)
             || (type === 'TXT' && values[0] === GODADDY_INVALID_TXT)) return []; // pretend this record doesn't exist
@@ -124,30 +124,17 @@ async function del(domainObject, location, type, values) {
         zoneName = domainObject.zoneName,
         name = dns.getName(domainObject, location, type) || '@';
 
-    debug(`get: ${name} in zone ${zoneName} of type ${type} with values ${JSON.stringify(values)}`);
+    debug(`del: ${name} in zone ${zoneName} of type ${type} with values ${JSON.stringify(values)}`);
 
-    if (type !== 'A' && type !== 'AAAA' && type !== 'TXT') throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Record deletion is not supported by GoDaddy API');
-
-    // check if the record exists at all so that we don't insert the "Dead" record for no reason
-    const existingRecords = await get(domainObject, location, type);
-    if (existingRecords.length === 0) return;
-
-    // godaddy does not have a delete API. so fill it up with an invalid IP that we can ignore in future get()
-    const records = [{
-        ttl: 600,
-        data: type === 'A' ? GODADDY_INVALID_IP : (type === 'AAAA' ? GODADDY_INVALID_IPv6 : GODADDY_INVALID_TXT)
-    }];
-
-    const [error, response] = await safe(superagent.put(`${GODADDY_API}/${zoneName}/records/${type}/${name}`)
+    const [error, response] = await safe(superagent.del(`${GODADDY_API}/${zoneName}/records/${type}/${name}`)
         .set('Authorization', `sso-key ${domainConfig.apiKey}:${domainConfig.apiSecret}`)
-        .send(records)
         .timeout(30 * 1000)
         .ok(() => true));
 
     if (error) throw new BoxError(BoxError.NETWORK_ERROR, error.message);
     if (response.statusCode === 404) return;
     if (response.statusCode === 403 || response.statusCode === 401) throw new BoxError(BoxError.ACCESS_DENIED, formatError(response));
-    if (response.statusCode !== 200) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, formatError(response));
+    if (response.statusCode !== 204) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, formatError(response));
 }
 
 async function wait(domainObject, subdomain, type, value, options) {