diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/namespace_tags_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/namespace_tags_client.py
index cf63e50bbf..4315f167a3 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/namespace_tags_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/image/v2/namespace_tags_client.py
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ class NamespaceTagsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
         url = 'metadefs/namespaces/%s/tags' % namespace
         resp, _ = self.delete(url)
 
-        # NOTE(rosmaita): Bug 1656183 fixed the success response code for
-        # this call to make it consistent with the other metadefs delete
-        # calls.  Accept both codes in case tempest is being run against
-        # an old Glance.
-        self.expected_success([200, 204], resp.status)
+        self.expected_success(204, resp.status)
 
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v2/test_namespace_tags_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v2/test_namespace_tags_client.py
index 2faa5be1da..34b070ec3f 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v2/test_namespace_tags_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v2/test_namespace_tags_client.py
@@ -122,5 +122,5 @@ class TestNamespaceTagsClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
         self.check_service_client_function(
             self.client.delete_namespace_tags,
             'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.delete',
-            {}, status=200,
+            {}, status=204,
             namespace="OS::Compute::Hypervisor")