diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/cache.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/cache.go
index f8266e56..6a5d5d18 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/cache.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/cache.go
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ func newCachedContainerStorage(v container.Source, ttl time.Duration) ttlContain
 func (s ttlContainerStorage) handleRemoval(cnr cid.ID) {
 	s.containerCache.set(cnr, nil, new(apistatus.ContainerNotFound))
 
-	// The removal causes the cache miss and thus deletion info (that contains
-	// ownerID and epoch) for the container will be updated from sidechain.
+	// The removal invalidates possibly stored error response.
 	s.delInfoCache.remove(cnr)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/container.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/container.go
index 8c2ae54b..5d88ff9e 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/container.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/container.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	containerMorph "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/container/morph"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/logger"
 	apiClient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client"
-	apistatus "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	containerSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container"
 	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/netmap"
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ func configureEACLAndContainerSources(c *cfg, client *cntClient.Client, cnrSrc c
 			if err == nil {
 				cachedContainerLister.update(cnr.Value.Owner(), ev.ID, true)
 				cachedContainerStorage.containerCache.set(ev.ID, cnr, nil)
-				cachedContainerStorage.delInfoCache.set(ev.ID, nil, new(apistatus.ContainerNotFound))
 			} else {
 				// unlike removal, we expect successful receive of the container
 				// after successful creation, so logging can be useful
diff --git a/internal/logs/logs.go b/internal/logs/logs.go
index b826ae08..95961cd4 100644
--- a/internal/logs/logs.go
+++ b/internal/logs/logs.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const (
 	NotificatorNotificatorStartProcessingObjectNotifications                = "notificator: start processing object notifications"
 	NotificatorNotificatorProcessingObjectNotification                      = "notificator: processing object notification"
 	PolicerCouldNotGetContainer                                             = "could not get container"
+	PolicerCouldNotConfirmContainerRemoval                                  = "could not confirm container removal"
 	PolicerCouldNotInhumeObjectWithMissingContainer                         = "could not inhume object with missing container"
 	PolicerCouldNotBuildPlacementVectorForObject                            = "could not build placement vector for object"
 	PolicerRedundantLocalObjectCopyDetected                                 = "redundant local object copy detected"
diff --git a/pkg/core/container/util.go b/pkg/core/container/util.go
index 58ceb03b..98919284 100644
--- a/pkg/core/container/util.go
+++ b/pkg/core/container/util.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 )
 
-// EverExisted checks whether the container ever existed or
+// WasRemoved checks whether the container ever existed or
 // it just has not been created yet at the current epoch.
-func EverExisted(s Source, cid cid.ID) (bool, error) {
+func WasRemoved(s Source, cid cid.ID) (bool, error) {
 	_, err := s.DeletionInfo(cid)
 	if err == nil {
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/pkg/morph/client/container/deletion_info.go b/pkg/morph/client/container/deletion_info.go
index b34ec32d..40eb267d 100644
--- a/pkg/morph/client/container/deletion_info.go
+++ b/pkg/morph/client/container/deletion_info.go
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ type deletionInfo interface {
 	DeletionInfo(cid []byte) (*containercore.DelInfo, error)
 }
 
-func AsContainerSpecInfoProvider(w *Client) containercore.Source {
-	return (*containerSource)(w)
-}
-
 func DeletionInfo(c deletionInfo, cnr cid.ID) (*containercore.DelInfo, error) {
 	binCnr := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
 	cnr.Encode(binCnr)
diff --git a/pkg/services/policer/check.go b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
index 800ddb00..bc82b144 100644
--- a/pkg/services/policer/check.go
+++ b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/logs"
+	containercore "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/core/container"
 	objectcore "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/replicator"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client"
@@ -27,12 +28,20 @@ func (p *Policer) processObject(ctx context.Context, addrWithType objectcore.Add
 			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
 		)
 		if client.IsErrContainerNotFound(err) {
-			err := p.buryFn(ctx, addrWithType.Address)
+			existed, err := containercore.WasRemoved(p.cnrSrc, idCnr)
 			if err != nil {
-				p.log.Error(logs.PolicerCouldNotInhumeObjectWithMissingContainer,
+				p.log.Error(logs.PolicerCouldNotConfirmContainerRemoval,
 					zap.Stringer("cid", idCnr),
 					zap.Stringer("oid", idObj),
 					zap.String("error", err.Error()))
+			} else if existed {
+				err := p.buryFn(ctx, addrWithType.Address)
+				if err != nil {
+					p.log.Error(logs.PolicerCouldNotInhumeObjectWithMissingContainer,
+						zap.Stringer("cid", idCnr),
+						zap.Stringer("oid", idObj),
+						zap.String("error", err.Error()))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
index c681bb07..9cff8b35 100644
--- a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (s *Service) removeContainers(ctx context.Context, newContainers map[cid.ID
 			continue
 		}
 
-		existed, err := containerCore.EverExisted(s.cnrSource, cnr)
+		existed, err := containerCore.WasRemoved(s.cnrSource, cnr)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.log.Error(logs.TreeCouldNotCheckIfContainerExisted,
 				zap.Stringer("cid", cnr),