diff --git a/lib/Service/BoardService.php b/lib/Service/BoardService.php
index b6e749f61..01c560102 100644
--- a/lib/Service/BoardService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/BoardService.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use OCA\Deck\Event\AclUpdatedEvent;
 use OCA\Deck\NoPermissionException;
 use OCA\Deck\Notification\NotificationHelper;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\MultipleObjectsReturnedException;
 use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ use OCP\IUserManager;
 use OCA\Deck\BadRequestException;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
 use OCP\Server;
+use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
+use Psr\Container\NotFoundExceptionInterface;
 
 class BoardService {
 	private BoardMapper $boardMapper;
@@ -592,12 +595,14 @@ class BoardService {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * @throws DbException
 	 * @throws DoesNotExistException
-	 * @throws \OCA\Deck\NoPermissionException
-	 * @throws \OCP\AppFramework\Db\MultipleObjectsReturnedException
-	 * @throws BadRequestException
+	 * @throws NoPermissionException
+	 * @throws MultipleObjectsReturnedException
+	 * @throws ContainerExceptionInterface
+	 * @throws NotFoundExceptionInterface
 	 */
-	public function deleteAcl(int $id): bool {
+	public function deleteAcl(int $id): ?Acl {
 		$this->permissionService->checkPermission($this->aclMapper, $id, Acl::PERMISSION_SHARE);
 		/** @var Acl $acl */
 		$acl = $this->aclMapper->find($id);
@@ -622,8 +627,10 @@ class BoardService {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$deletedAcl = $this->aclMapper->delete($acl);
 		$this->eventDispatcher->dispatchTyped(new AclDeletedEvent($acl));
-		return (bool) $this->aclMapper->delete($acl);
+
+		return $deletedAcl;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/unit/Service/BoardServiceTest.php b/tests/unit/Service/BoardServiceTest.php
index 128865c8e..1ebc9be41 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Service/BoardServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Service/BoardServiceTest.php
@@ -427,6 +427,6 @@ class BoardServiceTest extends TestCase {
 			->method('delete')
 			->with($acl)
 			->willReturn($acl);
-		$this->assertTrue($this->service->deleteAcl(123));
+		$this->assertEquals($acl, $this->service->deleteAcl(123));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/controller/BoardControllerTest.php b/tests/unit/controller/BoardControllerTest.php
index 505d96fda..fdb0ae203 100644
--- a/tests/unit/controller/BoardControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/controller/BoardControllerTest.php
@@ -164,10 +164,14 @@ class BoardControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public function testDeleteAcl() {
+		$acl = $this->getMockBuilder(Acl::class)
+			->disableOriginalConstructor()
+			->getMock();
+
 		$this->boardService->expects($this->once())
 			->method('deleteAcl')
 			->with(1)
-			->willReturn(true);
-		$this->assertEquals(true, $this->controller->deleteAcl(1));
+			->willReturn($acl);
+		$this->assertEquals($acl, $this->controller->deleteAcl(1));
 	}
 }