SERVER-55145 Make dropping a nonexistent database a noop

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/dbcommands.cpp b/src/mongo/db/commands/dbcommands.cpp
index b6c1790794f..299ebc197c5 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/dbcommands.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/dbcommands.cpp
@@ -208,15 +208,10 @@ public:
             }
 
             Status status = dropDatabase(opCtx, dbName.toString());
-            DropDatabaseReply reply;
-            if (status == ErrorCodes::NamespaceNotFound) {
-                reply.setInfo("database does not exist"_sd);
-            } else {
+            if (status != ErrorCodes::NamespaceNotFound) {
                 uassertStatusOK(status);
-                reply.setDropped(request().getDbName());
             }
-
-            return reply;
+            return {};
         }
     };
 } cmdDropDatabase;