diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65875293d9..4b8df8893f 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file based on the
 
 ### Backward Compatibility Breaks
 
+* The method `Index::deleteById()` does not throw an `NotFoundException` when deleting a non-existing document [#1732](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica/pull/1732)
 * The class `\Elastica\QueryBuilder\Version\Version240` has been moved to `\Elastica\QueryBuilder\Version\Version700` [#1693](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica/pull/1693)
 * Dropped support for PHP 7.1 [#1703](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica/pull/1703)
 
diff --git a/lib/Elastica/Index.php b/lib/Elastica/Index.php
index 4d617ae093..2e632cbe16 100644
--- a/lib/Elastica/Index.php
+++ b/lib/Elastica/Index.php
@@ -289,12 +289,6 @@ public function getDocument($id, array $options = []): Document
      * Deletes a document by its unique identifier.
      *
      * @see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-delete.html
-     *
-     * @param string $id Document id
-     *
-     * @throws NotFoundException
-     *
-     * @return Response Response object
      */
     public function deleteById(string $id, array $options = []): Response
     {
@@ -306,15 +300,7 @@ public function deleteById(string $id, array $options = []): Response
         $endpoint->setID(\trim($id));
         $endpoint->setParams($options);
 
-        $response = $this->requestEndpoint($endpoint);
-
-        $responseData = $response->getData();
-
-        if (isset($responseData['result']) && 'not_found' === $responseData['result']) {
-            throw new NotFoundException('Doc id "'.$id.'" not found and can not be deleted');
-        }
-
-        return $response;
+        return $this->requestEndpoint($endpoint);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/Elastica/IndexTest.php b/test/Elastica/IndexTest.php
index 7a5b6037df..ffc79c9d8e 100644
--- a/test/Elastica/IndexTest.php
+++ b/test/Elastica/IndexTest.php
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ public function testForcemerge()
         $this->assertEquals(2, $stats['_all']['primaries']['docs']['count']);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $stats['_all']['primaries']['docs']['deleted']);
 
-        $index->deleteById(1);
+        $index->deleteById('1');
         $index->refresh();
 
         $stats = $index->getStats()->getData();