diff --git a/src/core/server/ui_settings/routes/delete.ts b/src/core/server/ui_settings/routes/delete.ts
index 5da69e043a5e1..f8ab4d5d0c2c4 100644
--- a/src/core/server/ui_settings/routes/delete.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/ui_settings/routes/delete.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ export function registerDeleteRoute(router: IRouter) {
         });
       } catch (error) {
         if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isSavedObjectsClientError(error)) {
-          return {
+          return response.customError({
             body: error,
             statusCode: error.output.statusCode,
-          };
+          });
         }
 
         if (error instanceof CannotOverrideError) {