diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index f7bc95a7d..6f7ec717f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   # Renders a head API response
   def render_api_head(status)
-    head :status => status
+    head status
   end
 
   # Renders API response on validation failure