diff --git a/src/SparqlHandler.js b/src/SparqlHandler.js
index c91d9f2..5408b24 100644
--- a/src/SparqlHandler.js
+++ b/src/SparqlHandler.js
@@ -82,13 +82,19 @@ export default class SparqlHandler {
       mutations.push(...this.triplePatterns(subject, predicate, objectStrings, reverse));
     }
     const mutationClauses = `{\n  ${mutations.join('\n  ')}\n}`;
+    function arePredicateObjectsSpecified(predicateObjects2) {
+      return predicateObjects2.filter(({ predicate, objects }) => objects === null || predicate === null).length === 0;
+    }
 
-    // Join clauses into a SPARQL query
-    return where.length === 0 ?
-      // If there are no WHERE clauses, just mutate raw data
-      `${mutationType} DATA ${mutationClauses}` :
-      // Otherwise, return a DELETE/INSERT ... WHERE ... query
-      `${mutationType} ${mutationClauses} WHERE {\n  ${where.join('\n  ')}\n}`;
+    return [
+      mutationType,
+      // Add DATA clause if there are no variables in mutation expression,
+      // that is so when subject is specified (not coming from a WHERE clause) and all predicateObjects have predicates and objects
+      where.length === 0 && arePredicateObjectsSpecified(predicateObjects) ? ' DATA ' : ' ',
+      mutationClauses,
+      // Add WHERE clauses, if any
+      where.length === 0 ? '' : ` WHERE {\n  ${where.join('\n  ')}\n}`,
+    ].join('');
   }
 
   expressionToTriplePatterns([root, ...pathExpression], lastVar, scope = {}) {
diff --git a/test/integration/sparql-test.js b/test/integration/sparql-test.js
index a8d0b94..db5a772 100644
--- a/test/integration/sparql-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/sparql-test.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('a query path with a path expression handler', () => {
   it('resolves a path where an object map has different conditions', async () => {
     const query = await person.delete({ friends: null, firstName: 'Ruben' }).sparql;
     expect(query).toEqual(deindent(`
-      DELETE DATA {
+      DELETE {
         <https://example.org/#me> <${FOAF}knows> ?knows.
         <https://example.org/#me> <${FOAF}givenName> "Ruben".
       }`));
diff --git a/test/unit/SparqlHandler-test.js b/test/unit/SparqlHandler-test.js
index e69eb1e..aaad894 100644
--- a/test/unit/SparqlHandler-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/SparqlHandler-test.js
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ describe('a SparqlHandler instance', () => {
         ];
 
         expect(await handler.handle({}, { mutationExpressions })).toEqual(deindent(`
-          DELETE DATA {
+          DELETE {
             <https://example.org/#D0> <https://example.org/#Dp1> ?Dp1.
           }`));
       });