diff --git a/microcluster/rest/response/response.go b/microcluster/rest/response/response.go
index 0682367ab..5a8c288b5 100644
--- a/microcluster/rest/response/response.go
+++ b/microcluster/rest/response/response.go
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/canonical/lxd/shared/api"
-
-	"github.com/canonical/microcluster/v3/internal/log"
 )
 
 // Init registers smart error mappings.
@@ -170,6 +166,8 @@ func (r *manualResponse) String() string {
 
 // ParseResponse takes an HTTP response, parses it and returns the extracted result.
 func ParseResponse(resp *http.Response) (*api.Response, error) {
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
 	decoder := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
 	response := api.Response{}
 
@@ -186,16 +184,5 @@ func ParseResponse(resp *http.Response) (*api.Response, error) {
 		return nil, api.StatusErrorf(resp.StatusCode, "%s", response.Error)
 	}
 
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	_, err = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger, logErr := log.LoggerFromContext(resp.Request.Context())
-		if logErr != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		logger.Error("Failed to read response body", slog.String("error", err.Error()))
-	}
-
 	return &response, nil
 }