diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/create_stream.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/create_stream.rb
index bfa2fb420..4ae3a8280 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/create_stream.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/create_stream.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ module Fog
             "StreamName" => options.delete("StreamName")
           }.reject{ |_,v| v.nil? }
 
-          response = request({
-                               'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.CreateStream",
-                               :body          => body,
-                             }.merge(options))
-          response
+          request({
+                    'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.CreateStream",
+                    :body          => body,
+                  }.merge(options))
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/delete_stream.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/delete_stream.rb
index 445afda92..9f315eda5 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/delete_stream.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/delete_stream.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ module Fog
             "StreamName" => options.delete("StreamName")
           }.reject{ |_,v| v.nil? }
 
-          response = request({
-                               'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.DeleteStream",
-                               :body          => body,
-                             }.merge(options))
-          response
+          request({
+                    'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.DeleteStream",
+                    :body          => body,
+                  }.merge(options))
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/merge_shards.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/merge_shards.rb
index 93ce8e60a..f49d62889 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/merge_shards.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/merge_shards.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ module Fog
             "StreamName" => options.delete("StreamName")
           }.reject{ |_,v| v.nil? }
 
-          response = request({
-                               'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.MergeShards",
-                               :body          => body,
-                             }.merge(options))
-          response
+          request({
+                    'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.MergeShards",
+                    :body          => body,
+                  }.merge(options))
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/split_shard.rb b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/split_shard.rb
index 44dfc805b..bc58e79d5 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/split_shard.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/requests/kinesis/split_shard.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ module Fog
             "StreamName" => options.delete("StreamName")
           }.reject{ |_,v| v.nil? }
 
-          response = request({
-                               'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.SplitShard",
-                               :body          => body,
-                             }.merge(options))
-          response
+          request({
+                    'X-Amz-Target' => "Kinesis_#{@version}.SplitShard",
+                    :body          => body,
+                  }.merge(options))
         end
       end