diff --git a/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphBase.py b/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphBase.py
index ae4874e1..e4cc91ab 100644
--- a/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphBase.py
+++ b/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphBase.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def _put(self, url: str, authMode: str = "token", data = None, resKey=None, json
 
         return res
 
-    def _delete(self, url: str, authMode: str = "token", data: dict = None, resKey=None, jsonData=False) -> Union[dict, list]:
+    def _delete(self, url: str, authMode: str = "token", data: dict = None, resKey="results", jsonData=False) -> Union[dict, list]:
         """Generic DELETE method.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphQuery.py b/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphQuery.py
index ab043aef..13fd7fe6 100644
--- a/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphQuery.py
+++ b/pyTigerGraph/pyTigerGraphQuery.py
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ def dropQueryDescription(self, queryName: str, dropParamDescriptions: bool = Tru
         else:
             params = {"queries": [queryName]}
         print(params)
-        res = self._delete(self.gsUrl+"/gsqlserver/gsql/description?graph="+self.graphname, authMode="pwd", data=params, jsonData=True)
+        res = self._delete(self.gsUrl+"/gsqlserver/gsql/description?graph="+self.graphname, authMode="pwd", data=params, jsonData=True, resKey=None)
         
         if logger.level == logging.DEBUG:
             logger.debug("return: " + str(res))