diff --git a/src/Action/ContentListAction.php b/src/Action/ContentListAction.php
index 04a8aa5..02b1adf 100644
--- a/src/Action/ContentListAction.php
+++ b/src/Action/ContentListAction.php
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ public function handle($contentType, Request $request, ParameterCollection $para
 
         $results = $set->get($contentType);
 
-        $this->throwErrorOnNoResults($results, 'Bad request: There were no results based upon your criteria!');
-
         $included = $this->fetchIncludes(
             $parameters->getParametersByType('includes'),
             $results,
diff --git a/src/Action/FetchAction.php b/src/Action/FetchAction.php
index 8951dbe..ee050e8 100644
--- a/src/Action/FetchAction.php
+++ b/src/Action/FetchAction.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Config\Config;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Converter\Parameter\Type\Fields;
-use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Exception\ApiInvalidRequestException;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Helpers\DataLinks;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Parser\Parser;
 use Bolt\Storage\Entity\Content;
@@ -44,19 +43,6 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->config = $config;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param $results
-     * @param $message
-     */
-    protected function throwErrorOnNoResults($results, $message)
-    {
-        if (! $results || (is_array($results) && count($results) === 0)) {
-            throw new ApiInvalidRequestException(
-                $message
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param $includes
      * @param $results
diff --git a/src/Action/SearchAction.php b/src/Action/SearchAction.php
index 56a3330..456baf5 100644
--- a/src/Action/SearchAction.php
+++ b/src/Action/SearchAction.php
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ public function handle($contentType = null, Request $request, ParameterCollectio
         /** @var Page $page */
         $page = $parameters->get('page');
 
-        $this->throwErrorOnNoResults($results, "No search results found for query [$search]");
-
         foreach ($results as $key => $item) {
             $contentType = (string) $item->getContenttype();
             // optimize this part...
diff --git a/src/Action/SingleAction.php b/src/Action/SingleAction.php
index b853bd4..e576615 100644
--- a/src/Action/SingleAction.php
+++ b/src/Action/SingleAction.php
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ public function handle($contentType, $slug, $relatedContentType, Request $reques
         /** @var Content $results */
         $results = $this->query->getContent($contentType, $queryParameters);
 
-        $this->throwErrorOnNoResults($results, "No [$contentType] found with id/slug: [$slug].");
-
+        if (! $results) {
+            throw new ApiNotFoundException("No [$contentType] found with id/slug: [$slug].");
+        }
+ 
         if ($relatedContentType !== null) {
             $relatedItemsTotal = $results->getRelation($relatedContentType)->count();
             if ($relatedItemsTotal <= 0) {