diff --git a/nftables-http-api.go b/nftables-http-api.go
index cc50618..1a10acc 100644
--- a/nftables-http-api.go
+++ b/nftables-http-api.go
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ func handleSetRoute(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			doReturn(w, http.StatusOK, "already exists")
 		case "added":
 			doReturn(w, http.StatusCreated, "ok")
-		case nil:
-			doReturn(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "failure")
 		default:
 			doReturn(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "unhandled result")
 		}