diff --git a/_modules/gerrit.py b/_modules/gerrit.py
index 8351192..7a4c0c4 100644
--- a/_modules/gerrit.py
+++ b/_modules/gerrit.py
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
                  account_id)
 
     import requests
-    from pygerrit.rest import _decode_response
 
     path = 'accounts/%s/sshkeys' % (account_id)
 
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@
 
     response = requests.put(gerrit.make_url(path), **kwargs)
 
-    return _decode_response(response)
-
 
 def _create_group_membership(gerrit, account_id, group_id):
     logging.info('Creating membership of %s in group %s', account_id, group_id)