diff --git a/src/leap/soledad/server/_blobs.py b/src/leap/soledad/server/_blobs.py
index 86bbcdcb1ad26b2f5473919944f52f7bc58c3f2e..c0b3b23733409d02de14b2f6575900eb01381aa9 100644
--- a/src/leap/soledad/server/_blobs.py
+++ b/src/leap/soledad/server/_blobs.py
@@ -137,11 +137,10 @@ class FilesystemBlobsBackend(object):
             yield fbp.startProducing(blobfile)
         yield self.semaphore.release()
 
-    def delete_blob(self, user, blob_id, request, namespace=''):
+    def delete_blob(self, user, blob_id, namespace=''):
         blob_path = self._get_path(user, blob_id, namespace)
         if not os.path.isfile(blob_path):
-            request.setResponseCode(404)
-            return "Blob doesn't exists: %s" % blob_id
+            raise BlobNotFound
         self.__touch(blob_path + '.deleted')
         os.unlink(blob_path)
         try:
@@ -304,8 +303,12 @@ class BlobsResource(resource.Resource):
     def render_DELETE(self, request):
         logger.info("http put: %s" % request.path)
         user, blob_id, namespace = self._validate(request)
-        self._handler.delete_blob(user, blob_id, request, namespace=namespace)
-        return ''
+        try:
+            self._handler.delete_blob(user, blob_id, namespace=namespace)
+            return ''
+        except BlobNotFound:
+            request.setResponseCode(404)
+            return "Blob doesn't exists: %s" % blob_id
 
     def render_PUT(self, request):
         logger.info("http put: %s" % request.path)
diff --git a/src/leap/soledad/server/interfaces.py b/src/leap/soledad/server/interfaces.py
index 2e02cda84027efa7b0037400ba0fb211100a1598..7215251968add867375883c844ca71bc0e4259ff 100644
--- a/src/leap/soledad/server/interfaces.py
+++ b/src/leap/soledad/server/interfaces.py
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ class IBlobsBackend(Interface):
 
     """
     An interface for a backend that can store blobs.
-
-    Classes that implement this interface are supposed to be used by
-    ``BlobsResource``, which is a ``twisted.web.resource.Resource`` that serves
-    the Blobs API. Because of that, their methods receive instances of
-    ``twisted.web.server.Request`` and should use them to serve the Blobs API.
     """
 
     def read_blob(user, blob_id, namespace=''):
diff --git a/tests/blobs/test_fs_backend.py b/tests/blobs/test_fs_backend.py
index 4a0f08273cf49475dbc4b23fb4584756ec7f06ff..358b3e2dc74b3833284b0c9162d7902b038ac65b 100644
--- a/tests/blobs/test_fs_backend.py
+++ b/tests/blobs/test_fs_backend.py
@@ -172,14 +172,13 @@ class FilesystemBackendTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     @mock.patch('leap.soledad.server._blobs.os.unlink')
     def test_delete_blob(self, unlink_mock):
         backend = _blobs.FilesystemBlobsBackend(blobs_path=self.tempdir)
-        request = DummyRequest([''])
         # write a blob...
         path = backend._get_path('user', 'blob_id', '')
         mkdir_p(os.path.split(path)[0])
         with open(path, "w") as f:
             f.write("bl0b")
         # ...and delete it
-        backend.delete_blob('user', 'blob_id', request)
+        backend.delete_blob('user', 'blob_id')
         unlink_mock.assert_any_call(backend._get_path('user',
                                                       'blob_id'))
         unlink_mock.assert_any_call(backend._get_path('user',
@@ -189,14 +188,13 @@ class FilesystemBackendTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     @mock.patch('leap.soledad.server._blobs.os.unlink')
     def test_delete_blob_custom_namespace(self, unlink_mock):
         backend = _blobs.FilesystemBlobsBackend(blobs_path=self.tempdir)
-        request = DummyRequest([''])
         # write a blob...
         path = backend._get_path('user', 'blob_id', 'trash')
         mkdir_p(os.path.split(path)[0])
         with open(path, "w") as f:
             f.write("bl0b")
         # ...and delete it
-        backend.delete_blob('user', 'blob_id', request, namespace='trash')
+        backend.delete_blob('user', 'blob_id', namespace='trash')
         unlink_mock.assert_any_call(backend._get_path('user',
                                                       'blob_id',
                                                       'trash'))