diff --git a/internal/neofs/tree.go b/internal/neofs/tree.go
index 3b5e9bdb0..8dc4d4388 100644
--- a/internal/neofs/tree.go
+++ b/internal/neofs/tree.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ const (
 	settingsFileName      = "bucket-settings"
 	notifConfFileName     = "bucket-notifications"
 	corsFilename          = "bucket-cors"
-	emptyFileName         = "<empty>" // to handle trailing and leading slash in name
 	bucketTaggingFilename = "bucket-tagging"
 
 	// versionTree -- ID of a tree with object versions.
@@ -150,10 +149,6 @@ func (n *TreeNode) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
 
 func (n *TreeNode) FileName() (string, bool) {
 	value, ok := n.Meta[fileNameKV]
-	if ok && value == emptyFileName {
-		value = ""
-	}
-
 	return value, ok
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +211,7 @@ func newMultipartInfo(node NodeResponse) (*data.MultipartInfo, error) {
 		case uploadIDKV:
 			multipartInfo.UploadID = string(kv.GetValue())
 		case fileNameKV:
-			multipartInfo.Key = strings.TrimSuffix(string(kv.GetValue()), emptyFileName)
+			multipartInfo.Key = string(kv.GetValue())
 		case createdKV:
 			if utcMilli, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(kv.GetValue()), 10, 64); err == nil {
 				multipartInfo.Created = time.UnixMilli(utcMilli)
@@ -564,16 +559,9 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetLatestVersion(ctx context.Context, cnrID cid.ID, objectN
 	return newNodeVersion(objectName, nodes[0])
 }
 
-// pathFromName splits name by '/' and add an empty marker if name has trailing or leading slash.
+// pathFromName splits name by '/'.
 func pathFromName(objectName string) []string {
-	path := strings.Split(objectName, separator)
-	if path[0] == "" {
-		path[0] = emptyFileName
-	}
-	if path[len(path)-1] == "" {
-		path[len(path)-1] = emptyFileName
-	}
-	return path
+	return strings.Split(objectName, separator)
 }
 
 func (c *TreeClient) GetLatestVersionsByPrefix(ctx context.Context, cnrID cid.ID, prefix string) ([]*data.NodeVersion, error) {
@@ -583,9 +571,6 @@ func (c *TreeClient) GetLatestVersionsByPrefix(ctx context.Context, cnrID cid.ID
 func (c *TreeClient) determinePrefixNode(ctx context.Context, cnrID cid.ID, treeID, prefix string) (uint64, string, error) {
 	var rootID uint64
 	path := strings.Split(prefix, separator)
-	if len(path) > 1 && path[0] == "" {
-		path[0] = emptyFileName
-	}
 	tailPrefix := path[len(path)-1]
 
 	if len(path) > 1 {