diff --git a/api/handler/acl_test.go b/api/handler/acl_test.go
index 13fb61e2..ff6b0a21 100644
--- a/api/handler/acl_test.go
+++ b/api/handler/acl_test.go
@@ -1468,6 +1468,35 @@ func TestBucketPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, newPolicy, bktPolicy)
 }
 
+func TestDeleteBucketWithPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	hc := prepareHandlerContext(t)
+
+	bktName := "bucket-for-policy"
+	createTestBucket(hc, bktName)
+
+	newPolicy := engineiam.Policy{
+		Version: "2012-10-17",
+		Statement: []engineiam.Statement{{
+			Principal: map[engineiam.PrincipalType][]string{engineiam.Wildcard: {}},
+			Effect:    engineiam.AllowEffect,
+			Action:    engineiam.Action{"s3:PutObject"},
+			Resource:  engineiam.Resource{"arn:aws:s3:::bucket-for-policy/*"},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	putBucketPolicy(hc, bktName, newPolicy)
+
+	require.Len(t, hc.h.ape.(*apeMock).policyMap, 1)
+	require.Len(t, hc.h.ape.(*apeMock).chainMap[engine.NamespaceTarget("")], 4)
+
+	deleteBucket(t, hc, bktName, http.StatusNoContent)
+
+	require.Empty(t, hc.h.ape.(*apeMock).policyMap)
+	chains, err := hc.h.ape.(*apeMock).ListChains(engine.NamespaceTarget(""))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, chains)
+}
+
 func TestBucketPolicyUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name   string
diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
index 8b51e78b..dd02c24a 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	apistatus "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	oid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/session"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -277,5 +278,17 @@ func (h *handler) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}); err != nil {
 		h.logAndSendError(w, "couldn't delete bucket", reqInfo, err)
 	}
+
+	chainIDs := []chain.ID{
+		getBucketChainID(chain.S3, bktInfo),
+		getBucketChainID(chain.Ingress, bktInfo),
+		getBucketCannedChainID(chain.S3, bktInfo.CID),
+		getBucketCannedChainID(chain.Ingress, bktInfo.CID),
+	}
+	if err = h.ape.DeleteBucketPolicy(reqInfo.Namespace, bktInfo.CID, chainIDs); err != nil {
+		h.logAndSendError(w, "failed to delete policy from storage", reqInfo, err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 }