diff --git a/gcloud/storage/bucket.py b/gcloud/storage/bucket.py
index e90b85c60ab6..d51225885724 100644
--- a/gcloud/storage/bucket.py
+++ b/gcloud/storage/bucket.py
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ def configure_website(self, main_page_suffix=None, not_found_page=None):
             },
         }
         self._patch_properties(data)
-        return self.patch()
 
     def disable_website(self):
         """Disable the website configuration for this bucket.
diff --git a/gcloud/storage/test_bucket.py b/gcloud/storage/test_bucket.py
index e3e1683b210f..0dfe8670be28 100644
--- a/gcloud/storage/test_bucket.py
+++ b/gcloud/storage/test_bucket.py
@@ -885,7 +885,8 @@ def test_configure_website_defaults(self):
                                'notFoundPage': None}}
         connection = _Connection(patched)
         bucket = self._makeOne(NAME, connection)
-        self.assertTrue(bucket.configure_website() is bucket)
+        bucket.configure_website()
+        bucket.patch()
         self.assertEqual(bucket.properties, patched)
         kw = connection._requested
         self.assertEqual(len(kw), 1)
@@ -900,7 +901,8 @@ def test_configure_website_explicit(self):
                                'notFoundPage': '404.html'}}
         connection = _Connection(patched)
         bucket = self._makeOne(NAME, connection)
-        self.assertTrue(bucket.configure_website('html', '404.html') is bucket)
+        bucket.configure_website('html', '404.html')
+        bucket.patch()
         self.assertEqual(bucket.properties, patched)
         kw = connection._requested
         self.assertEqual(len(kw), 1)
@@ -915,7 +917,8 @@ def test_disable_website(self):
                                'notFoundPage': None}}
         connection = _Connection(patched)
         bucket = self._makeOne(NAME, connection)
-        self.assertTrue(bucket.disable_website() is bucket)
+        bucket.disable_website()
+        bucket.patch()
         self.assertEqual(bucket.properties, patched)
         kw = connection._requested
         self.assertEqual(len(kw), 1)