diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
index 445800275..a032b58e8 100644
--- a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
+++ b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_sink.go
@@ -102,7 +102,20 @@ func (s3sink *S3Sink) DeleteEntry(key string, isDirectory, deleteIncludeChunks b
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return s3sink.deleteObject(key)
+	input := &s3.DeleteObjectInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(s3sink.bucket),
+		Key:    aws.String(key),
+	}
+
+	result, err := s3sink.conn.DeleteObject(input)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("[%s] delete %s: %v", s3sink.bucket, key, result)
+	} else {
+		glog.Errorf("[%s] delete %s: %v", s3sink.bucket, key, err)
+	}
+
+	return err
 
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go b/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 256fc659c..000000000
--- a/weed/replication/sink/s3sink/s3_write.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package S3Sink
-
-import (
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
-	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
-)
-
-func (s3sink *S3Sink) deleteObject(key string) error {
-	input := &s3.DeleteObjectInput{
-		Bucket: aws.String(s3sink.bucket),
-		Key:    aws.String(key),
-	}
-
-	result, err := s3sink.conn.DeleteObject(input)
-
-	if err == nil {
-		glog.V(2).Infof("[%s] delete %s: %v", s3sink.bucket, key, result)
-	} else {
-		glog.Errorf("[%s] delete %s: %v", s3sink.bucket, key, err)
-	}
-
-	return err
-
-}