diff --git a/radicale/app/__init__.py b/radicale/app/__init__.py
index 5b083e99..a827b4f3 100644
--- a/radicale/app/__init__.py
+++ b/radicale/app/__init__.py
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ class Application(
                                           xml_declaration=True)
         return f.getvalue()
 
-    def _webdav_error_response(self, human_tag,
-                               status=httputils.WEBDAV_PRECONDITION_FAILED[0]):
+    def _webdav_error_response(self, human_tag, status=client.CONFLICT):
         """Generate XML error response."""
         headers = {"Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=%s" % self._encoding}
         content = self._write_xml_content(xmlutils.webdav_error(human_tag))
diff --git a/radicale/httputils.py b/radicale/httputils.py
index 4142b304..eb4c75cb 100644
--- a/radicale/httputils.py
+++ b/radicale/httputils.py
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ NOT_FOUND = (
 CONFLICT = (
     client.CONFLICT, (("Content-Type", "text/plain"),),
     "Conflict in the request.")
-WEBDAV_PRECONDITION_FAILED = (
-    client.CONFLICT, (("Content-Type", "text/plain"),),
-    "WebDAV precondition failed.")
 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED = (
     client.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, (("Content-Type", "text/plain"),),
     "The method is not allowed on the requested resource.")