diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
index 28a15eeca..86619f5ee 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/put.go
@@ -277,18 +277,6 @@ func updateListIndexes(tx *bbolt.Tx, obj *objectSDK.Object, f updateIndexItemFun
 	objKey := objectKey(idObj, make([]byte, objectKeySize))
 	bucketName := make([]byte, bucketKeySize)
 
-	cs, _ := obj.PayloadChecksum()
-
-	// index payload hashes
-	err := f(tx, namedBucketItem{
-		name: payloadHashBucketName(cnr, bucketName),
-		key:  cs.Value(),
-		val:  objKey,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	idParent, ok := obj.ParentID()
 
 	// index parent ids
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select_test.go
index ea7a4d126..5f6d5175a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select_test.go
@@ -330,76 +330,6 @@ func TestDB_SelectInhume(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
-func TestDB_SelectPayloadHash(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	db := newDB(t)
-
-	cnr := cidtest.ID()
-
-	raw1 := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
-	err := putBig(db, raw1)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	raw2 := testutil.GenerateObjectWithCID(cnr)
-	err = putBig(db, raw2)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	cs, _ := raw1.PayloadChecksum()
-	payloadHash := hex.EncodeToString(cs.Value())
-
-	fs := objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-	fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-		payloadHash,
-		objectSDK.MatchStringEqual)
-
-	testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs, object.AddressOf(raw1))
-
-	fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-	fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-		payloadHash[:len(payloadHash)-1],
-		objectSDK.MatchCommonPrefix)
-
-	testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs, object.AddressOf(raw1))
-
-	fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-	fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-		payloadHash,
-		objectSDK.MatchStringNotEqual)
-
-	testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs, object.AddressOf(raw2))
-
-	fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-	fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-		"",
-		objectSDK.MatchNotPresent)
-
-	testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs)
-
-	t.Run("invalid hashes", func(t *testing.T) {
-		fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-		fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-			payloadHash[:len(payloadHash)-1],
-			objectSDK.MatchStringNotEqual)
-
-		testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs, object.AddressOf(raw1), object.AddressOf(raw2))
-
-		fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-		fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-			payloadHash[:len(payloadHash)-2]+"x",
-			objectSDK.MatchCommonPrefix)
-
-		testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs)
-
-		fs = objectSDK.SearchFilters{}
-		fs.AddFilter(v2object.FilterHeaderPayloadHash,
-			payloadHash[:len(payloadHash)-3]+"x0",
-			objectSDK.MatchCommonPrefix)
-
-		testSelect(t, db, cnr, fs)
-	})
-}
-
 func TestDB_SelectWithSlowFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()