diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_domain.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_domain.go
index d7c4edca1..657acb21d 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_domain.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_domain.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package digitalocean
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
@@ -56,11 +55,11 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanDomainCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 func resourceDigitalOceanDomainRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*godo.Client)
 
-	domain, _, err := client.Domains.Get(d.Id())
+	domain, resp, err := client.Domains.Get(d.Id())
 	if err != nil {
 		// If the domain is somehow already destroyed, mark as
 		// successfully gone
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404 Not Found") {
+		if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
 			d.SetId("")
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
index ebcb2e0f8..1db6084bd 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_record.go
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanRecordRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid record ID: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	rec, _, err := client.Domains.Record(domain, id)
+	rec, resp, err := client.Domains.Record(domain, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If the record is somehow already destroyed, mark as
 		// successfully gone
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404 Not Found") {
+		if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
 			d.SetId("")
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -183,15 +183,15 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanRecordDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Deleting record: %s, %d", domain, id)
 
-	_, err = client.Domains.DeleteRecord(domain, id)
-	if err != nil {
+  resp, delErr := client.Domains.DeleteRecord(domain, id)
+	if delErr != nil {
 		// If the record is somehow already destroyed, mark as
 		// successfully gone
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404 Not Found") {
+		if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting record: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting record: %s", delErr)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_ssh_key.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_ssh_key.go
index d6eb96f09..79614f599 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_ssh_key.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_ssh_key.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/digitalocean/godo"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
@@ -71,11 +70,11 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanSSHKeyRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid SSH key id: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	key, _, err := client.Keys.GetByID(id)
+	key, resp, err := client.Keys.GetByID(id)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If the key is somehow already destroyed, mark as
 		// successfully gone
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404 Not Found") {
+		if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
 			d.SetId("")
 			return nil
 		}