diff --git a/pkg/api/bytes.go b/pkg/api/bytes.go
index 312f3aa962..c2c14d21db 100644
--- a/pkg/api/bytes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/bytes.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/cac"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/file/redundancy"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/jsonhttp"
-	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/postage"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/swarm"
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *Service) bytesHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Address swarm.Address `map:"address,resolve" validate:"required"`
 	}{}
 	if response := s.mapStructure(mux.Vars(r), &paths); response != nil {
-		respondWithError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "Invalid path parameters", "Ensure address is provided", logger)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ func (s *Service) bytesHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Debug("get root chunk failed", "chunk_address", address, "error", err)
 		logger.Error(nil, "get root chunk failed")
-		respondWithError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "Chunk not found", "The requested chunk could not be retrieved", logger)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -224,16 +222,3 @@ func (s *Service) bytesHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set(ContentLengthHeader, strconv.FormatInt(span, 10))
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) // HEAD requests do not write a body
 }
-
-func respondWithError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, title, detail string, logger log.Logger) {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/problem+json")
-	w.WriteHeader(status)
-	errorResponse := map[string]interface{}{
-		"type":   "about:blank", // Or a URI if you have one
-		"title":  title,
-		"status": status,
-		"detail": detail,
-	}
-	logger.Error(nil, title) // Optionally log the error
-	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(errorResponse)
-}