diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/rest/RESTCatalog.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/rest/RESTCatalog.java
index a452b86dfd8a..5a59a43cc263 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/rest/RESTCatalog.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/rest/RESTCatalog.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.exceptions.NoSuchResourceException;
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.requests.AlertDatabaseRequest;
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.requests.CreateDatabaseRequest;
-import org.apache.paimon.rest.requests.DropDatabaseRequest;
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.responses.AlertDatabaseResponse;
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.responses.ConfigResponse;
 import org.apache.paimon.rest.responses.CreateDatabaseResponse;
@@ -167,11 +166,12 @@ public Database getDatabase(String name) throws DatabaseNotExistException {
     @Override
     public void dropDatabase(String name, boolean ignoreIfNotExists, boolean cascade)
             throws DatabaseNotExistException, DatabaseNotEmptyException {
-        DropDatabaseRequest request = new DropDatabaseRequest(ignoreIfNotExists, cascade);
         try {
-            client.delete(resourcePaths.database(name), request, headers());
+            client.delete(resourcePaths.database(name), headers());
         } catch (NoSuchResourceException e) {
-            throw new DatabaseNotExistException(name);
+            if(!ignoreIfNotExists) {
+                throw new DatabaseNotExistException(name);
+            }
         }
     }