diff --git a/static/app/actionCreators/group.tsx b/static/app/actionCreators/group.tsx
index 43c3e3737f50..56f72118a378 100644
--- a/static/app/actionCreators/group.tsx
+++ b/static/app/actionCreators/group.tsx
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@ export async function bulkUpdate(
 
 type MergeGroupsParams = UpdateParams;
 
-export async function mergeGroups(
-  api: Client,
-  params: MergeGroupsParams,
-  options: RequestCallbacks = {}
-) {
+export async function mergeGroups(api: Client, params: MergeGroupsParams): Promise<any> {
   const {itemIds} = params;
   const path = getUpdateUrl(params);
 
@@ -175,25 +171,18 @@ export async function mergeGroups(
 
   GroupStore.onMerge(id, itemIds);
 
-  let responseMeta: any;
-  let statusText: string | undefined;
-
   try {
-    const [response, status, meta] = await api.requestPromise(path, {
+    const [response] = await api.requestPromise(path, {
       query,
       method: 'PUT',
       data: {merge: 1},
       includeAllArgs: true,
     });
-    statusText = status;
-    responseMeta = meta;
     GroupStore.onMergeSuccess(id, itemIds, response);
-    options?.success?.(response, statusText, responseMeta);
+    return response;
   } catch (error) {
     GroupStore.onMergeError(id, itemIds, error);
-    options?.error?.(error);
-  } finally {
-    options?.complete?.(responseMeta, statusText ?? '');
+    throw error;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupSimilarIssues/similarStackTrace/index.tsx b/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupSimilarIssues/similarStackTrace/index.tsx
index 3d6849ccb40c..0c42bfecf512 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupSimilarIssues/similarStackTrace/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupSimilarIssues/similarStackTrace/index.tsx
@@ -94,21 +94,11 @@ export function SimilarStackTrace({project}: Props) {
     {ids: string[]; projectSlug: string; query?: string}
   >({
     mutationFn: ({ids, projectSlug, query}) =>
-      new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        mergeGroups(
-          api,
-          {
-            orgId: organization.slug,
-            projectId: projectSlug,
-            itemIds: [...ids, params.groupId],
-            query,
-          },
-          {
-            success: (data: any) => resolve(data),
-            error: (err: any) =>
-              reject(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error('Failed to merge issues')),
-          }
-        );
+      mergeGroups(api, {
+        orgId: organization.slug,
+        projectId: projectSlug,
+        itemIds: [...ids, params.groupId],
+        query,
       }),
     onSuccess: data => {
       if (data?.merge?.parent && data.merge.parent !== params.groupId) {
diff --git a/static/app/views/issueList/actions/index.tsx b/static/app/views/issueList/actions/index.tsx
index aa7343436264..b58d0496e47c 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueList/actions/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueList/actions/index.tsx
@@ -223,18 +223,14 @@ export function IssueListActions({
 
   function handleMerge() {
     actionSelectedGroups(itemIds => {
-      mergeGroups(
-        api,
-        {
-          orgId: organization.slug,
-          itemIds,
-          query: queryExcludingPerformanceIssues,
-          project: selection.projects,
-          environment: selection.environments,
-          ...selection.datetime,
-        },
-        {}
-      );
+      mergeGroups(api, {
+        orgId: organization.slug,
+        itemIds,
+        query: queryExcludingPerformanceIssues,
+        project: selection.projects,
+        environment: selection.environments,
+        ...selection.datetime,
+      }).catch(() => {});
       if (selection.projects[0]) {
         const trackProject = ProjectsStore.getById(`${selection.projects[0]}`);
         trackAnalytics('issues_stream.merged', {