diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py b/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
index e4f970cba92891..5fe519b3e1d7a2 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/authproxy.py
@@ -137,31 +137,25 @@ def get_request(self, *args, **argsn):
     def __call__(self, *args, **argsn):
         postdata = json.dumps(self.get_request(*args, **argsn), default=EncodeDecimal, ensure_ascii=self.ensure_ascii)
         response, status = self._request('POST', self.__url.path, postdata.encode('utf-8'))
-        log.debug("Raw response content: %s", response)
-        if not isinstance(response, dict):
-            raise JSONRPCException({
-                'code': -342,
-                'message': 'Received non-JSON or malformed JSON response'
-            })
 
         if response.get('error') is not None:
             raise JSONRPCException(response['error'], status)
         elif 'result' not in response:
             raise JSONRPCException({
-                'code': -343, 'message': 'missing JSON-RPC result'}, status)
+                'code': -343, 'message': 'missing JSON-RPC result'})
         elif status != HTTPStatus.OK:
             raise JSONRPCException({
-                'code': -342, 'message': 'non-200 HTTP status code but no JSON-RPC error'}, status)
+                'code': -342, 'message': 'non-200 HTTP status code but no JSON-RPC error'})
         else:
             assert response['jsonrpc'] == '2.0'
             if status != HTTPStatus.OK:
                 raise JSONRPCException({
-                    'code': -342, 'message': 'non-200 HTTP status code'}, status)
+                    'code': -342, 'message': 'non-200 HTTP status code'})
             if 'error' in response:
                 raise JSONRPCException(response['error'], status)
             elif 'result' not in response:
                 raise JSONRPCException({
-                    'code': -343, 'message': 'missing JSON-RPC 2.0 result and error'}, status)
+                    'code': -343, 'message': 'missing JSON-RPC 2.0 result and error'})
             return response['result']
 
     def batch(self, rpc_call_list):