diff --git a/api/layer/container.go b/api/layer/container.go
index eb288ee15..af806c948 100644
--- a/api/layer/container.go
+++ b/api/layer/container.go
@@ -179,7 +179,3 @@ func (n *layer) setContainerEACLTable(ctx context.Context, idCnr cid.ID, table *
 func (n *layer) GetContainerEACL(ctx context.Context, idCnr cid.ID) (*eacl.Table, error) {
 	return n.neoFS.ContainerEACL(ctx, idCnr)
 }
-
-func (n *layer) deleteContainer(ctx context.Context, idCnr cid.ID, sessionToken *session.Container) error {
-	return n.neoFS.DeleteContainer(ctx, idCnr, sessionToken)
-}
diff --git a/api/layer/layer.go b/api/layer/layer.go
index e855b9b16..db94e8cf7 100644
--- a/api/layer/layer.go
+++ b/api/layer/layer.go
@@ -659,5 +659,5 @@ func (n *layer) DeleteBucket(ctx context.Context, p *DeleteBucketParams) error {
 	}
 
 	n.bucketCache.Delete(p.BktInfo.Name)
-	return n.deleteContainer(ctx, p.BktInfo.CID, p.SessionToken)
+	return n.neoFS.DeleteContainer(ctx, p.BktInfo.CID, p.SessionToken)
 }