diff --git a/ssh/agent/forward.go b/ssh/agent/forward.go
index fd24ba900d..686ffb3ee9 100644
--- a/ssh/agent/forward.go
+++ b/ssh/agent/forward.go
@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@ import (
 // ForwardToAgent or ForwardToRemote should be called to route
 // the authentication requests.
 func RequestAgentForwarding(session *ssh.Session) error {
-	ok, err := session.SendRequest("auth-agent-req@openssh.com", true, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if !ok {
-		return errors.New("forwarding request denied")
-	}
-	return nil
+	_, err := session.SendRequest("auth-agent-req@openssh.com", false, nil)
+	return err
 }
 
 // ForwardToAgent routes authentication requests to the given keyring.
diff --git a/ssh/session.go b/ssh/session.go
index d3321f6b78..a6fdb941bd 100644
--- a/ssh/session.go
+++ b/ssh/session.go
@@ -169,10 +169,7 @@ func (s *Session) Setenv(name, value string) error {
 		Name:  name,
 		Value: value,
 	}
-	ok, err := s.ch.SendRequest("env", true, Marshal(&msg))
-	if err == nil && !ok {
-		err = errors.New("ssh: setenv failed")
-	}
+	_, err := s.ch.SendRequest("env", false, Marshal(&msg))
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/ssh/streamlocal.go b/ssh/streamlocal.go
index b171b330bc..bde61263ed 100644
--- a/ssh/streamlocal.go
+++ b/ssh/streamlocal.go
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ func (l *unixListener) Close() error {
 	m := streamLocalChannelForwardMsg{
 		l.socketPath,
 	}
-	ok, _, err := l.conn.SendRequest("cancel-streamlocal-forward@openssh.com", true, Marshal(&m))
-	if err == nil && !ok {
-		err = errors.New("ssh: cancel-streamlocal-forward@openssh.com failed")
-	}
+	_, _, err := l.conn.SendRequest("cancel-streamlocal-forward@openssh.com", false, Marshal(&m))
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/ssh/tcpip.go b/ssh/tcpip.go
index 80d35f5ec1..5c0ad32d67 100644
--- a/ssh/tcpip.go
+++ b/ssh/tcpip.go
@@ -320,10 +320,7 @@ func (l *tcpListener) Close() error {
 
 	// this also closes the listener.
 	l.conn.forwards.remove(l.laddr)
-	ok, _, err := l.conn.SendRequest("cancel-tcpip-forward", true, Marshal(&m))
-	if err == nil && !ok {
-		err = errors.New("ssh: cancel-tcpip-forward failed")
-	}
+	_, _, err := l.conn.SendRequest("cancel-tcpip-forward", false, Marshal(&m))
 	return err
 }