diff --git a/api/layer/tree_mock.go b/api/layer/tree_mock.go
index ffdedc2a..abe7a0db 100644
--- a/api/layer/tree_mock.go
+++ b/api/layer/tree_mock.go
@@ -49,14 +49,8 @@ func (t *TreeServiceMock) PutObjectTagging(_ context.Context, bktInfo *data.Buck
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (t *TreeServiceMock) DeleteObjectTagging(_ context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, objVersion *data.NodeVersion) error {
-	cnrTagsMap, ok := t.tags[bktInfo.CID.EncodeToString()]
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	delete(cnrTagsMap, objVersion.ID)
-	return nil
+func (t *TreeServiceMock) DeleteObjectTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, objVersion *data.NodeVersion) error {
+	return t.PutObjectTagging(ctx, bktInfo, objVersion, nil)
 }
 
 func (t *TreeServiceMock) GetBucketTagging(context.Context, *data.BucketInfo) (map[string]string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/service/tree/tree.go b/pkg/service/tree/tree.go
index 57ee8c8b..dda87d03 100644
--- a/pkg/service/tree/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/service/tree/tree.go
@@ -471,16 +471,7 @@ func (c *Tree) PutObjectTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, o
 }
 
 func (c *Tree) DeleteObjectTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, objVersion *data.NodeVersion) error {
-	tagNode, err := c.getTreeNode(ctx, bktInfo, objVersion.ID, isTagKV)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if tagNode == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return c.service.RemoveNode(ctx, bktInfo, versionTree, tagNode.ID)
+	return c.PutObjectTagging(ctx, bktInfo, objVersion, nil)
 }
 
 func (c *Tree) GetBucketTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo) (map[string]string, error) {
@@ -524,16 +515,7 @@ func (c *Tree) PutBucketTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, t
 }
 
 func (c *Tree) DeleteBucketTagging(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo) error {
-	node, err := c.getSystemNode(ctx, bktInfo, []string{bucketTaggingFilename}, nil)
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, layer.ErrNodeNotFound) {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if node != nil {
-		return c.service.RemoveNode(ctx, bktInfo, systemTree, node.ID)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return c.PutBucketTagging(ctx, bktInfo, nil)
 }
 
 func (c *Tree) getTreeNode(ctx context.Context, bktInfo *data.BucketInfo, nodeID uint64, key string) (*treeNode, error) {