diff --git a/integration/attribute_values_test.go b/integration/attribute_values_test.go
index 22b079eb42..ea525f6d20 100644
--- a/integration/attribute_values_test.go
+++ b/integration/attribute_values_test.go
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ func (s *AttributeValuesSuite) Test_RemoveKeyAccessServerFromValue_Returns_Error
 
 func (s *AttributeValuesSuite) Test_RemoveKeyAccessServerFromValue_Returns_Success_When_Value_And_KeyAccessServer_Exist() {
 	v := &attributes.ValueKeyAccessServer{
-		ValueId:           fixtures.GetAttributeValueKey("example.net/attr/attr1/value/value1").Id,
-		KeyAccessServerId: fixtureKeyAccessServerId,
+		ValueId:           fixtures.GetAttributeValueKey("example.com/attr/attr1/value/value1").Id,
+		KeyAccessServerId: fixtures.GetKasRegistryKey("key_access_server_1").Id,
 	}
 
 	resp, err := s.db.Client.RemoveKeyAccessServerFromValue(s.ctx, v)
diff --git a/integration/attributes_test.go b/integration/attributes_test.go
index a83b518b0c..ba34a62bbe 100644
--- a/integration/attributes_test.go
+++ b/integration/attributes_test.go
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ func (s *AttributesSuite) Test_RemoveKeyAccessServerFromAttribute_Returns_Error_
 
 func (s *AttributesSuite) Test_RemoveKeyAccessServerFromAttribute_Returns_Success_When_Attribute_And_KeyAccessServer_Exist() {
 	aKas := &attributes.AttributeKeyAccessServer{
-		AttributeId:       fixtures.GetAttributeKey("example.com/attr/attr2").Id,
-		KeyAccessServerId: fixtureKeyAccessServerId,
+		AttributeId:       fixtures.GetAttributeKey("example.com/attr/attr1").Id,
+		KeyAccessServerId: fixtures.GetKasRegistryKey("key_access_server_1").Id,
 	}
 	resp, err := s.db.Client.RemoveKeyAccessServerFromAttribute(s.ctx, aKas)
 
diff --git a/integration/fixtures.go b/integration/fixtures.go
index b590bb787d..85b75316a0 100644
--- a/integration/fixtures.go
+++ b/integration/fixtures.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (f *Fixtures) Provision() {
 	slog.Info("📦 provisioning attribute key access server data")
 	akas := f.provisionAttributeKeyAccessServer()
 	slog.Info("📦 provisioning attribute value key access server data")
-	akas = f.provisionAttributeValueKeyAccessServer()
+	avkas := f.provisionAttributeValueKeyAccessServer()
 
 	slog.Info("📦 provisioned fixtures data",
 		slog.Int64("namespaces", n),
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (f *Fixtures) Provision() {
 		slog.Int64("resource_mappings", rM),
 		slog.Int64("kas_registry", kas),
 		slog.Int64("attribute_key_access_server", akas),
-		slog.Int64("attribute_value_key_access_server", akas),
+		slog.Int64("attribute_value_key_access_server", avkas),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/integration/fixtures.yaml b/integration/fixtures.yaml
index 0d803b44f4..7039f4bfaf 100644
--- a/integration/fixtures.yaml
+++ b/integration/fixtures.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ attributes:
 attribute_key_access_servers:
   - attribute_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
     key_access_server_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+  - attribute_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+    key_access_server_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
 
 ##
 # Attribute Values
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ attribute_values:
 attribute_value_key_access_servers:
   - value_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
     key_access_server_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+  - value_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+    key_access_server_id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
 
 ##
 # Subject Mappings
diff --git a/internal/db/attribute_values.go b/internal/db/attribute_values.go
index 9eb8ea2332..28bf28ac03 100644
--- a/internal/db/attribute_values.go
+++ b/internal/db/attribute_values.go
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ var AttributeValueTable = tableName(TableAttributeValues)
 
 func attributeValueHydrateItem(row pgx.Row) (*attributes.Value, error) {
 	var (
-		id             string
-		value          string
-		members        []string
-		metadataJson   []byte
-		attributeId    string
+		id           string
+		value        string
+		members      []string
+		metadataJson []byte
+		attributeId  string
 	)
 	if err := row.Scan(&id, &value, &members, &metadataJson, &attributeId); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ func attributeValueHydrateItem(row pgx.Row) (*attributes.Value, error) {
 	}
 
 	v := &attributes.Value{
-		Id:       id,
-		Value:    value,
-		Members:  members,
-		Metadata: m,
+		Id:          id,
+		Value:       value,
+		Members:     members,
+		Metadata:    m,
 		AttributeId: attributeId,
 	}
 	return v, nil
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ func removeKeyAccessServerFromValueSql(valueID, keyAccessServerID string) (strin
 	return newStatementBuilder().
 		Delete(t.Name()).
 		Where(sq.Eq{"attribute_value_id": valueID, "key_access_server_id": keyAccessServerID}).
+		Suffix("IS TRUE RETURNING *").
 		ToSql()
 }
 
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ func (c Client) RemoveKeyAccessServerFromValue(ctx context.Context, k *attribute
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.exec(ctx, sql, args, err); err != nil {
+	if _, err := c.queryCount(ctx, sql, args); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/db/attributes.go b/internal/db/attributes.go
index febbabf1d4..c204bf416c 100644
--- a/internal/db/attributes.go
+++ b/internal/db/attributes.go
@@ -417,13 +417,17 @@ func removeKeyAccessServerFromAttributeSql(attributeID, keyAccessServerID string
 	return newStatementBuilder().
 		Delete(t.Name()).
 		Where(sq.Eq{"attribute_definition_id": attributeID, "key_access_server_id": keyAccessServerID}).
+		Suffix("IS TRUE RETURNING *").
 		ToSql()
 }
 
 func (c Client) RemoveKeyAccessServerFromAttribute(ctx context.Context, k *attributes.AttributeKeyAccessServer) (*attributes.AttributeKeyAccessServer, error) {
 	sql, args, err := removeKeyAccessServerFromAttributeSql(k.AttributeId, k.KeyAccessServerId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	if err := c.exec(ctx, sql, args, err); err != nil {
+	if _, err := c.queryCount(ctx, sql, args); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/db/db.go b/internal/db/db.go
index de0134bd47..c09667c27b 100644
--- a/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/internal/db/db.go
@@ -152,6 +152,27 @@ func (c Client) query(ctx context.Context, sql string, args []interface{}, err e
 	return r, WrapIfKnownInvalidQueryErr(e)
 }
 
+func (c Client) queryCount(ctx context.Context, sql string, args []interface{}) (int, error) {
+	rows, err := c.query(ctx, sql, args, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	count := 0
+	for rows.Next() {
+		if _, err := rows.Values(); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		count++
+	}
+	if count == 0 {
+		return 0, pgx.ErrNoRows
+	}
+
+	return count, nil
+}
+
 // Common function for all exec calls
 func (c Client) exec(ctx context.Context, sql string, args []interface{}, err error) error {
 	slog.Debug("sql", slog.String("sql", sql), slog.Any("args", args))