diff --git a/api/handler/multipart_upload.go b/api/handler/multipart_upload.go
index 5de58159f..018f55efb 100644
--- a/api/handler/multipart_upload.go
+++ b/api/handler/multipart_upload.go
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ func (h *handler) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 		Key:    objInfo.Name,
 	}
 
-	if bktSettings != nil && bktSettings.VersioningEnabled {
+	if bktSettings.VersioningEnabled {
 		w.Header().Set(api.AmzVersionID, objInfo.Version())
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/layer/layer.go b/api/layer/layer.go
index 3842ae5d4..f3b30740c 100644
--- a/api/layer/layer.go
+++ b/api/layer/layer.go
@@ -547,14 +547,8 @@ func (n *layer) deleteObject(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, settings
 	var (
 		err error
 		ids []*oid.ID
-
-		versioningEnabled = false
 	)
 
-	if settings != nil {
-		versioningEnabled = settings.VersioningEnabled
-	}
-
 	p := &PutObjectParams{
 		BktInfo: bkt,
 		Object:  obj.Name,
@@ -565,7 +559,7 @@ func (n *layer) deleteObject(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, settings
 	// Current implementation doesn't consider "unversioned" mode (so any deletion creates "delete-mark" object).
 	// The reason is difficulties to determinate whether versioning mode is "unversioned" or "suspended".
 
-	if obj.VersionID == unversionedObjectVersionID || !versioningEnabled && len(obj.VersionID) == 0 {
+	if obj.VersionID == unversionedObjectVersionID || !settings.VersioningEnabled && len(obj.VersionID) == 0 {
 		p.Header[versionsUnversionedAttr] = "true"
 		versions, err := n.headVersions(ctx, bkt, obj.Name)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -618,7 +612,7 @@ func (n *layer) deleteObject(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, settings
 	}
 	if len(obj.VersionID) == 0 {
 		obj.DeleteMarkVersion = objInfo.Version()
-		if versioningEnabled {
+		if settings.VersioningEnabled {
 			obj.DeleteMarkerEtag = objInfo.HashSum
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/api/layer/versioning_test.go b/api/layer/versioning_test.go
index ca44572f0..1487169cf 100644
--- a/api/layer/versioning_test.go
+++ b/api/layer/versioning_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/data"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer/neofs"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/creds/accessbox"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/internal/neofstest"
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ func TestNoVersioningDeleteObject(t *testing.T) {
 	tc.putObject([]byte("content obj1 v2"))
 
 	versioning, err := tc.layer.GetBucketSettings(tc.ctx, tc.bktInfo)
-	require.Error(t, err, errors.GetAPIError(errors.ErrNoSuchKey))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	tc.deleteObject(tc.obj, "", versioning)
 	tc.getObject(tc.obj, "", true)