diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/util.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/util.go
index 3955f8ee1..8e4e8b287 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/object/util.go
@@ -262,13 +262,8 @@ func OpenSessionViaClient(cmd *cobra.Command, dst SessionPrm, cli *client.Client
 		if _, ok := dst.(*internal.DeleteObjectPrm); ok {
 			common.PrintVerbose(cmd, "Collecting relatives of the removal object...")
 
-			rels := collectObjectRelatives(cmd, cli, cnr, *obj)
-
-			if len(rels) == 0 {
-				objs = []oid.ID{*obj}
-			} else {
-				objs = append(rels, *obj)
-			}
+			objs = collectObjectRelatives(cmd, cli, cnr, *obj)
+			objs = append(objs, *obj)
 		}
 	}