diff --git a/server/mqtt.go b/server/mqtt.go
index a045630b65d..c53d64ed7c9 100644
--- a/server/mqtt.go
+++ b/server/mqtt.go
@@ -1563,10 +1563,6 @@ func (jsa *mqttJSA) newRequestEx(kind, subject, cidHash string, hdr int, msg []b
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if timeout == 0{
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	
 	if len(responses) != 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unreachable: invalid number of responses (%d)", len(responses))
 	}
@@ -1626,10 +1622,6 @@ func (jsa *mqttJSA) newRequestExMulti(kind, subject, cidHash string, hdrs []int,
 		r2i[reply] = i
 	}
 
-	if timeout == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	// Wait for all responses to come back, or for the timeout to expire. We
 	// don't want to use time.After() which causes memory growth because the
 	// timer can't be stopped and will need to expire to then be garbage
@@ -1712,14 +1704,12 @@ func (jsa *mqttJSA) createDurableConsumer(cfg *CreateConsumerRequest) (*JSApiCon
 // if noWait is specified, does not wait for the JS response, returns nil
 func (jsa *mqttJSA) deleteConsumer(streamName, consName string, noWait bool) (*JSApiConsumerDeleteResponse, error) {
 	subj := fmt.Sprintf(JSApiConsumerDeleteT, streamName, consName)
-
-	timeout := mqttJSAPITimeout
 	if noWait {
-		timeout = 0
+		jsa.sendMsg(subj, nil)
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	// timeout == 0 signals that we don't want to wait for the response.
-	cdri, err := jsa.newRequestEx(mqttJSAConsumerDel, subj, _EMPTY_, -1, nil, timeout)
+	cdri, err := jsa.newRequestEx(mqttJSAConsumerDel, subj, _EMPTY_, -1, nil, mqttJSAPITimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/server/mqtt_test.go b/server/mqtt_test.go
index a92607ccc02..7a72136570f 100644
--- a/server/mqtt_test.go
+++ b/server/mqtt_test.go
@@ -6789,65 +6789,6 @@ func TestMQTTConsumerMemStorageReload(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type unableToDeleteConsLogger struct {
-	DummyLogger
-	errCh chan string
-}
-
-func (l *unableToDeleteConsLogger) Errorf(format string, args ...any) {
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
-	if strings.Contains(msg, "unable to delete consumer") {
-		l.errCh <- msg
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMQTTSessionNotDeletedOnDeleteConsumerError(t *testing.T) {
-	org := mqttJSAPITimeout
-	mqttJSAPITimeout = 1000 * time.Millisecond
-	defer func() { mqttJSAPITimeout = org }()
-
-	cl := createJetStreamClusterWithTemplate(t, testMQTTGetClusterTemplaceNoLeaf(), "MQTT", 2)
-	defer cl.shutdown()
-
-	o := cl.opts[0]
-	s1 := cl.servers[0]
-	// Plug error logger to s1
-	l := &unableToDeleteConsLogger{errCh: make(chan string, 10)}
-	s1.SetLogger(l, false, false)
-
-	nc, js := jsClientConnect(t, s1)
-	defer nc.Close()
-
-	mc, r := testMQTTConnectRetry(t, &mqttConnInfo{cleanSess: true}, o.MQTT.Host, o.MQTT.Port, 5)
-	defer mc.Close()
-	testMQTTCheckConnAck(t, r, mqttConnAckRCConnectionAccepted, false)
-
-	testMQTTSub(t, 1, mc, r, []*mqttFilter{{filter: "foo", qos: 1}}, []byte{1})
-	testMQTTFlush(t, mc, nil, r)
-
-	// Now shutdown server 2, we should lose quorum
-	cl.servers[1].Shutdown()
-
-	// Close the MQTT client:
-	testMQTTDisconnect(t, mc, nil)
-
-	// We should have reported that there was an error deleting the consumer
-	select {
-	case <-l.errCh:
-		// OK
-	case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		t.Fatal("Server did not report any error")
-	}
-
-	// Now restart the server 2 so that we can check that the session is still persisted.
-	cl.restartAllSamePorts()
-	cl.waitOnStreamLeader(globalAccountName, mqttSessStreamName)
-
-	si, err := js.StreamInfo(mqttSessStreamName)
-	require_NoError(t, err)
-	require_True(t, si.State.Msgs == 1)
-}
-
 // Test for auto-cleanup of consumers.
 func TestMQTTConsumerInactiveThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 	tdir := t.TempDir()