diff --git a/src/nm-cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-azure.c b/src/nm-cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-azure.c
index 9ced8c4571..69785d64a8 100644
--- a/src/nm-cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-azure.c
+++ b/src/nm-cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-azure.c
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ _detect_get_meta_data_done_cb(GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer us
     gs_unref_object GTask *task     = user_data;
     gs_free_error GError *get_error = NULL;
     gs_free_error GError *error     = NULL;
-    gboolean              success;
 
-    success =
-        nm_http_client_poll_get_finish(NM_HTTP_CLIENT(source), result, NULL, NULL, &get_error);
+    nm_http_client_poll_get_finish(NM_HTTP_CLIENT(source), result, NULL, NULL, &get_error);
 
     if (nm_utils_error_is_cancelled(get_error)) {
         g_task_return_error(task, g_steal_pointer(&get_error));
@@ -60,12 +58,6 @@ _detect_get_meta_data_done_cb(GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer us
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!success) {
-        nm_utils_error_set(&error, NM_UTILS_ERROR_UNKNOWN, "failure to detect azure metadata");
-        g_task_return_error(task, g_steal_pointer(&error));
-        return;
-    }
-
     g_task_return_boolean(task, TRUE);
 }