diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryV2Controller.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryV2Controller.java
index ed3d3c2ba..51d43f429 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryV2Controller.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryV2Controller.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.auth.AuthenticatedDevice;
@@ -58,9 +57,8 @@ public class DirectoryV2Controller {
           """
   )
   @ApiResponse(responseCode = "200", description = "`JSON` with generated credentials.", useReturnTypeSchema = true)
-  public Response getAuthToken(final @ReadOnly @Auth AuthenticatedDevice auth) {
+  public ExternalServiceCredentials getAuthToken(final @ReadOnly @Auth AuthenticatedDevice auth) {
     final UUID uuid = auth.getAccount().getUuid();
-    final ExternalServiceCredentials credentials = directoryServiceTokenGenerator.generateForUuid(uuid);
-    return Response.ok().entity(credentials).build();
+    return directoryServiceTokenGenerator.generateForUuid(uuid);
   }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryControllerV2Test.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryControllerV2Test.java
index b3819c766..55edd6752 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryControllerV2Test.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/DirectoryControllerV2Test.java
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ class DirectoryControllerV2Test {
     final UUID uuid = UUID.fromString("11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111");
     when(account.getUuid()).thenReturn(uuid);
 
-    final ExternalServiceCredentials credentials = (ExternalServiceCredentials) controller.getAuthToken(
-        new AuthenticatedDevice(account, mock(Device.class))).getEntity();
+    final ExternalServiceCredentials credentials = controller.getAuthToken(
+        new AuthenticatedDevice(account, mock(Device.class)));
 
-    assertEquals(credentials.username(), "d369bc712e2e0dd36258");
-    assertEquals(credentials.password(), "1633738643:4433b0fab41f25f79dd4");
+    assertEquals("d369bc712e2e0dd36258", credentials.username());
+    assertEquals("1633738643:4433b0fab41f25f79dd4", credentials.password());
   }
 
 }