diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
index c5f0dabf6..bb03048c8 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3api_object_handlers.go
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 
 	bucket, object := getBucketAndObject(r)
 
-	response, _ := s3a.listFilerEntries(bucket, object, 1, "", "/")
-	if len(response.Contents) != 0 && strings.HasSuffix(object, "/") {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
-		return
-	}
-
 	destUrl := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s%s/%s%s?recursive=true",
 		s3a.option.Filer, s3a.option.BucketsPath, bucket, object)
 
@@ -127,6 +121,7 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		}
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 	})
+
 }
 
 // / ObjectIdentifier carries key name for the object to delete.
@@ -183,11 +178,6 @@ func (s3a *S3ApiServer) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 	s3a.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 
 		for _, object := range deleteObjects.Objects {
-			response, _ := s3a.listFilerEntries(bucket, object.ObjectName, 1, "", "/")
-			if len(response.Contents) != 0 && strings.HasSuffix(object.ObjectName, "/") {
-				continue
-			}
-
 			lastSeparator := strings.LastIndex(object.ObjectName, "/")
 			parentDirectoryPath, entryName, isDeleteData, isRecursive := "/", object.ObjectName, true, true
 			if lastSeparator > 0 && lastSeparator+1 < len(object.ObjectName) {