diff --git a/tiledb/sm/group/group.cc b/tiledb/sm/group/group.cc
index 3f0b0ecedad..7d14739aad6 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/group/group.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/group/group.cc
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ Status Group::close() {
   metadata_.clear();
   metadata_loaded_ = false;
   is_open_ = false;
-  return clear();
+  clear();
+  return Status::Ok();
 }
 
 bool Group::is_open() const {
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ void Group::delete_group(const URI& uri, bool recursive) {
   }
   // Clear metadata and other pending changes to avoid patching a deleted group.
   metadata_.clear();
-  throw_if_not_ok(group_details_->clear());
+  group_details_->clear();
 
   // Close the deleted group
   throw_if_not_ok(this->close());
@@ -537,8 +538,8 @@ void Group::set_config(Config config) {
   config_.inherit(config);
 }
 
-Status Group::clear() {
-  return group_details_->clear();
+void Group::clear() {
+  group_details_->clear();
 }
 
 void Group::add_member(const shared_ptr<GroupMember> group_member) {
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/group/group.h b/tiledb/sm/group/group.h
index 0a7b58496a0..59503b5afc9 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/group/group.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/group/group.h
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ class Group {
 
   /**
    * Clear a group
-   *
-   * @return
    */
-  Status clear();
+  void clear();
 
   /**
    * Deletes data from and closes a group opened in MODIFY_EXCLUSIVE mode.
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.cc b/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.cc
index 9ea10a69e9d..1c9f3e3a6ec 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.cc
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ GroupDetails::GroupDetails(const URI& group_uri, uint32_t version)
     , changes_applied_(false) {
 }
 
-Status GroupDetails::clear() {
+void GroupDetails::clear() {
   members_by_uri_.clear();
   members_by_name_.clear();
   members_vec_.clear();
   members_to_modify_.clear();
-
-  return Status::Ok();
 }
 
 void GroupDetails::add_member(const shared_ptr<GroupMember> group_member) {
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.h b/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.h
index 94784db33e8..16a3b2c5ae2 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/group/group_details.h
@@ -58,10 +58,8 @@ class GroupDetails {
 
   /**
    * Clear a group
-   *
-   * @return
    */
-  Status clear();
+  void clear();
 
   /**
    * Add a member to a group, this will be flushed to disk on close
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/serialization/group.cc b/tiledb/sm/serialization/group.cc
index 06d978ef11d..93c5f191fe5 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/serialization/group.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/serialization/group.cc
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Status group_from_capnp(
   }
 
   if (group_reader.hasGroup()) {
-    throw_if_not_ok(group->clear());
+    group->clear();
     RETURN_NOT_OK(group_details_from_capnp(group_reader.getGroup(), group));
   }