diff --git a/keycloak/connection.py b/keycloak/connection.py
index 4841792..12903a0 100644
--- a/keycloak/connection.py
+++ b/keycloak/connection.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class ConnectionManager(object):
             raise KeycloakConnectionError(
                 "Can't connect to server (%s)" % e)
 
-    def raw_delete(self, path, data, **kwargs):
+    def raw_delete(self, path, data={}, **kwargs):
         """ Submit delete request to the path.
 
         :arg