diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index 8c10ecc41..48eddf718 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ const (
 	cfgGCRemoverSleepInt  = "remover_sleep_interval"
 )
 
-const cfgTombstoneLifetime = "tombstone_lifetime"
-
 const (
 	addressSize = 72 // 32 bytes oid, 32 bytes cid, 8 bytes protobuf encoding
 )
@@ -464,8 +462,6 @@ func defaultConfiguration(v *viper.Viper) {
 	v.SetDefault(cfgObjectRangeHashPoolSize, 10)
 
 	v.SetDefault(cfgCtrlSvcAuthorizedKeys, []string{})
-
-	v.SetDefault(cfgTombstoneLifetime, 5)
 }
 
 func (c *cfg) LocalAddress() *network.Address {
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/object.go b/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
index f4de4e16d..a4398accc 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func initObjectService(c *cfg) {
 		deletesvc.WithPutService(sPut),
 		deletesvc.WithNetworkInfo(&delNetInfo{
 			State:      c.cfgNetmap.state,
-			tsLifetime: c.viper.GetUint64(cfgTombstoneLifetime),
+			tsLifetime: 5,
 		}),
 	)