diff --git a/pkg/innerring/subnet.go b/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
index d709ce28bb..40c86452b1 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ func (s *Server) listenSubnet() {
 
 	// subnet creation
 	listenEvent(subnetCreateEvName, subnetevents.ParseNotaryPut, s.onlyAlphabetEventHandler(s.catchSubnetCreation))
-	// subnet removal
-	listenEvent(subnetRemoveEvName, subnetevents.ParseNotaryDelete, s.onlyAlphabetEventHandler(s.catchSubnetRemoval))
 }
 
 func (s *Server) listenSubnetWithoutNotary() {
@@ -303,25 +301,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleSubnetRemoval(e event.Event) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	notaryMainTx := delEv.NotaryMainTx()
+	// send new transaction
+	var prm morphsubnet.DeletePrm
 
-	isNotary := notaryMainTx != nil
-	if isNotary {
-		// re-sign notary request
-		err = s.morphClient.NotarySignAndInvokeTX(notaryMainTx)
-	} else {
-		// send new transaction
-		var prm morphsubnet.DeletePrm
-
-		prm.SetID(delEv.ID())
-		prm.SetTxHash(delEv.TxHash())
-
-		_, err = s.subnetHandler.morphClient.Delete(prm)
-	}
+	prm.SetID(delEv.ID())
+	prm.SetTxHash(delEv.TxHash())
 
+	_, err = s.subnetHandler.morphClient.Delete(prm)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.log.Error("approve subnet removal",
-			zap.Bool("notary", isNotary),
 			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
 		)
 
diff --git a/pkg/morph/event/subnet/delete.go b/pkg/morph/event/subnet/delete.go
index 4c174abb06..5d2a3def96 100644
--- a/pkg/morph/event/subnet/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/morph/event/subnet/delete.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package subnetevents
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/network/payload"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpc/response/result/subscriptions"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
@@ -34,18 +33,6 @@ func (x Delete) TxHash() util.Uint256 {
 	return x.txHash
 }
 
-// NotaryMainTx returns main transaction of the request in the Notary service.
-// Returns nil in non-notary environments.
-func (x Delete) NotaryMainTx() *transaction.Transaction {
-	if x.notaryRequest != nil {
-		return x.notaryRequest.MainTransaction
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-const itemNumDelete = 1
-
 // ParseDelete parses the notification about the removal of a subnet which has been thrown
 // by the appropriate method of the Subnet contract.
 //
@@ -61,6 +48,8 @@ func ParseDelete(e *subscriptions.NotificationEvent) (event.Event, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse stack array: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	const itemNumDelete = 1
+
 	if ln := len(items); ln != itemNumDelete {
 		return nil, event.WrongNumberOfParameters(itemNumDelete, ln)
 	}
@@ -75,35 +64,3 @@ func ParseDelete(e *subscriptions.NotificationEvent) (event.Event, error) {
 
 	return ev, nil
 }
-
-// ParseNotaryDelete parses the notary notification about the removal of a subnet which has been
-// thrown by the appropriate method of the Subnet contract.
-//
-// Resulting event is of Delete type.
-func ParseNotaryDelete(e event.NotaryEvent) (event.Event, error) {
-	var ev Delete
-
-	ev.notaryRequest = e.Raw()
-	if ev.notaryRequest == nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("nil %T in notary environment", ev.notaryRequest))
-	}
-
-	var (
-		err error
-
-		prms = e.Params()
-	)
-
-	if ln := len(prms); ln != itemNumDelete {
-		return nil, event.WrongNumberOfParameters(itemNumDelete, ln)
-	}
-
-	ev.id, err = event.BytesFromOpcode(prms[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("id param: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	ev.notaryRequest = e.Raw()
-
-	return ev, nil
-}