diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
index 582a907..88e9681 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer"
 	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/session"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
@@ -271,7 +272,17 @@ func (h *handler) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err = h.obj.DeleteBucket(r.Context(), &layer.DeleteBucketParams{BktInfo: bktInfo}); err != nil {
+	var sessionToken *session.Container
+
+	boxData, err := layer.GetBoxData(r.Context())
+	if err == nil {
+		sessionToken = boxData.Gate.SessionTokenForDelete()
+	}
+
+	if err = h.obj.DeleteBucket(r.Context(), &layer.DeleteBucketParams{
+		BktInfo:      bktInfo,
+		SessionToken: sessionToken,
+	}); err != nil {
 		h.logAndSendError(w, "couldn't delete bucket", reqInfo, err)
 	}
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
diff --git a/api/layer/container.go b/api/layer/container.go
index bf6231d..eb288ee 100644
--- a/api/layer/container.go
+++ b/api/layer/container.go
@@ -180,12 +180,6 @@ func (n *layer) GetContainerEACL(ctx context.Context, idCnr cid.ID) (*eacl.Table
 	return n.neoFS.ContainerEACL(ctx, idCnr)
 }
 
-func (n *layer) deleteContainer(ctx context.Context, idCnr cid.ID) error {
-	var sessionToken *session.Container
-	boxData, err := GetBoxData(ctx)
-	if err == nil {
-		sessionToken = boxData.Gate.SessionTokenForDelete()
-	}
-
+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 901e0c4..e855b9b 100644
--- a/api/layer/layer.go
+++ b/api/layer/layer.go
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ type (
 	}
 	// DeleteBucketParams stores delete bucket request parameters.
 	DeleteBucketParams struct {
-		BktInfo *data.BucketInfo
+		BktInfo      *data.BucketInfo
+		SessionToken *session.Container
 	}
 
 	// PutSystemObjectParams stores putSystemObject parameters.
@@ -658,5 +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)
+	return n.deleteContainer(ctx, p.BktInfo.CID, p.SessionToken)
 }