diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a2ac49a6..000000000
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package subnetevents
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	subnetid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/subnet/id"
-)
-
-// Delete represents a notification about NeoFS subnet removal.
-// Generated by a contract when intending to delete a subnet.
-type Delete interface {
-	// Contains the ID of the subnet to be removed.
-	eventWithID
-}
-
-// DeleteValidator asserts intent to remove a subnet.
-type DeleteValidator struct{}
-
-// Assert processes the attempt to remove a subnet. It approves the removal through nil return.
-//
-// All read errors of Delete are forwarded.
-//
-// It returns an error on:
-//   * zero subnet creation;
-//   * empty ID or different from the one wired into info;
-//   * empty owner ID or different from the one wired into info.
-func (x DeleteValidator) Assert(event Delete) error {
-	var err error
-
-	// read ID
-	var id subnetid.ID
-	if err = event.ReadID(&id); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("read ID: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// prevent zero subnet removal
-	if subnetid.IsZero(id) {
-		return zeroSubnetOp{
-			op: "removal",
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete_test.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 04db0e34a..000000000
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/subnet/delete_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package subnetevents
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	subnetid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/subnet/id"
-)
-
-type delete struct {
-	idEvent
-}
-
-func TestDeleteValidator_Assert(t *testing.T) {
-	var (
-		v DeleteValidator
-
-		e delete
-
-		err error
-	)
-
-	// read ID error
-	e.idErr = errors.New("id err")
-
-	err = v.Assert(e)
-	require.ErrorIs(t, err, e.idErr)
-
-	e.idErr = nil
-
-	// zero subnet ID
-	subnetid.MakeZero(&e.id)
-
-	err = v.Assert(e)
-	require.ErrorAs(t, err, new(zeroSubnetOp))
-
-	const idNum = 13
-	e.id.SetNumber(idNum)
-
-	err = v.Assert(e)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/subnet.go b/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
index 81aeac9fc..5d040ab23 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/subnet.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ type subnetHandler struct {
 	morphClient morphsubnet.Client
 
 	putValidator irsubnet.PutValidator
-
-	delValidator irsubnet.DeleteValidator
 }
 
 // configuration of subnet component.
@@ -272,52 +270,16 @@ func (s *Server) catchSubnetRemoval(e event.Event) {
 		s.handleSubnetRemoval(e)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Error("subnet removal queue failure",
+		s.log.Error("subnet removal handling failure",
 			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
 		)
 	}
 }
 
-// implements irsubnet.Delete event interface required by irsubnet.DeleteValidator.
-type deleteSubnetEvent struct {
-	ev subnetevents.Delete
-}
-
-// ReadID unmarshals subnet ID from a binary NeoFS API protocol's format.
-func (x deleteSubnetEvent) ReadID(id *subnetid.ID) error {
-	return id.Unmarshal(x.ev.ID())
-}
-
 // handleSubnetRemoval handles event of subnet removal parsed via subnetevents.ParseDelete.
 func (s *Server) handleSubnetRemoval(e event.Event) {
 	delEv := e.(subnetevents.Delete) // panic occurs only if we registered handler incorrectly
 
-	err := s.subnetHandler.delValidator.Assert(deleteSubnetEvent{
-		ev: delEv,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Info("discard subnet removal",
-			zap.String("reason", err.Error()),
-		)
-
-		return
-	}
-
-	// send new transaction
-	var prm morphsubnet.DeletePrm
-
-	prm.SetID(delEv.ID())
-	prm.SetTxHash(delEv.TxHash())
-
-	_, err = s.subnetHandler.morphClient.Delete(prm)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Error("approve subnet removal",
-			zap.String("error", err.Error()),
-		)
-
-		return
-	}
-
 	// handle subnet changes in netmap
 
 	candidates, err := s.netmapClient.GetCandidates()