diff --git a/internal/httputil/http.go b/internal/httputil/http.go
index 7f18b8578..ba2cc0284 100644
--- a/internal/httputil/http.go
+++ b/internal/httputil/http.go
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ import (
 func PostJSON[reqtype, restype any, errtype error](
 	ctx context.Context, span opentracing.Span, httpClient *http.Client,
 	apiURL string, request *reqtype, response *restype,
-) (*errtype, error) {
+) error {
 	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(request)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	parsedAPIURL, err := url.Parse(apiURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	parsedAPIURL.Path = InternalPathPrefix + strings.TrimLeft(parsedAPIURL.Path, "/")
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func PostJSON[reqtype, restype any, errtype error](
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(jsonBytes))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Mark the span as being an RPC client.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func PostJSON[reqtype, restype any, errtype error](
 	tracer := opentracing.GlobalTracer()
 
 	if err = tracer.Inject(span.Context(), opentracing.HTTPHeaders, carrier); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@ func PostJSON[reqtype, restype any, errtype error](
 		defer (func() { err = res.Body.Close() })()
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		var errorBody errtype
 		if msgerr := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&errorBody); msgerr != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("internal API: %d from %s", res.StatusCode, apiURL)
+			return fmt.Errorf("internal API: %d from %s", res.StatusCode, apiURL)
 		}
-		return &errorBody, nil
+		return errorBody
 	}
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(response); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("json.NewDecoder.Decode: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("json.NewDecoder.Decode: %w", err)
 	}
-	return nil, nil
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/httputil/internalapi.go b/internal/httputil/internalapi.go
index 4cdb67567..5dcc596cc 100644
--- a/internal/httputil/internalapi.go
+++ b/internal/httputil/internalapi.go
@@ -55,15 +55,7 @@ func CallInternalRPCAPI[req, res any](name, url string, client *http.Client, ctx
 	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, name)
 	defer span.Finish()
 
-	remoteErr, localErr := PostJSON[req, res, error](ctx, span, client, url, request, response)
-	switch {
-	case localErr != nil:
-		return localErr
-	case remoteErr != nil:
-		return *remoteErr
-	default:
-		return nil
-	}
+	return PostJSON[req, res, error](ctx, span, client, url, request, response)
 }
 
 func CallInternalProxyAPI[req, res any, errtype error](name, url string, client *http.Client, ctx context.Context, request *req) (res, error) {
@@ -71,13 +63,5 @@ func CallInternalProxyAPI[req, res any, errtype error](name, url string, client
 	defer span.Finish()
 
 	var response res
-	remoteErr, localErr := PostJSON[req, res, errtype](ctx, span, client, url, request, &response)
-	switch {
-	case localErr != nil:
-		return response, localErr
-	case remoteErr != nil:
-		return response, *remoteErr
-	default:
-		return response, nil
-	}
+	return response, PostJSON[req, res, errtype](ctx, span, client, url, request, &response)
 }