diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
index f92e8e21a..369fe94d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/docker/access/hc/DockerAccessWithHcClient.java
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ public void removeContainer(String containerId, boolean removeVolumes)
         String url = urlBuilder.removeContainer(containerId, removeVolumes);
         log.verbose(Logger.LogVerboseCategory.API, API_LOG_FORMAT_DELETE, url);
         try {
-            delegate.delete(url, HTTP_NO_CONTENT);
+            delegate.delete(url, HTTP_NO_CONTENT, HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new DockerAccessException(e, "Unable to remove container [%s]", containerId);
         }