diff --git a/api/handler/api.go b/api/handler/api.go
index 465864635..c1e759b31 100644
--- a/api/handler/api.go
+++ b/api/handler/api.go
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ func New(log *zap.Logger, obj layer.Client, notificator Notificator, cfg *Config
 		return nil, errors.New("empty logger")
 	}
 
-	if cfg.NotificatorEnabled && notificator == nil {
+	if !cfg.NotificatorEnabled {
+		log.Warn("notificator is disabled, s3 won't produce notification events")
+	} else if notificator == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("empty notificator")
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/handler/notifications.go b/api/handler/notifications.go
index 559f45227..a208ed744 100644
--- a/api/handler/notifications.go
+++ b/api/handler/notifications.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/bearer"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ func (h *handler) GetBucketNotificationHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 
 func (h *handler) sendNotifications(ctx context.Context, p *SendNotificationParams) error {
 	if !h.cfg.NotificatorEnabled {
-		h.log.Debug("could not send notification because notificator is disabled", zap.String("event", p.Event))
 		return nil
 	}