diff --git a/packages/cli/src/databases/repositories/execution.repository.ts b/packages/cli/src/databases/repositories/execution.repository.ts
index 76a4475a0e..ca96942501 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/databases/repositories/execution.repository.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/databases/repositories/execution.repository.ts
@@ -301,10 +301,7 @@ export class ExecutionRepository extends Repository<ExecutionEntity> {
 	 * Permanently remove a single execution and its binary data.
 	 */
 	async hardDelete(ids: { workflowId: string; executionId: string }) {
-		return Promise.all([
-			this.binaryDataService.deleteMany([ids]),
-			this.delete({ id: ids.executionId }),
-		]);
+		return Promise.all([this.delete(ids.executionId), this.binaryDataService.deleteMany([ids])]);
 	}
 
 	async updateExistingExecution(executionId: string, execution: Partial<IExecutionResponse>) {
@@ -565,7 +562,7 @@ export class ExecutionRepository extends Repository<ExecutionEntity> {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		await this.binaryDataService.deleteMany(workflowIdsAndExecutionIds);
+		await this.binaryDataService.deleteMany(workflowIdsAndExecutionIds); // only in FS mode
 
 		this.logger.debug(
 			`Hard-deleting ${executionIds.length} executions from database (pruning cycle)`,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/BinaryData.service.ts b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/BinaryData.service.ts
index 393e42b4d6..b96e87d915 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/BinaryData.service.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/BinaryData.service.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class BinaryDataService {
 
 		if (!manager) return;
 
-		await manager.deleteMany(ids);
+		if (manager.deleteMany) await manager.deleteMany(ids);
 	}
 
 	@LogCatch((error) =>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/ObjectStore.manager.ts b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/ObjectStore.manager.ts
index 9a6040b1b9..37a0f944d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/ObjectStore.manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/ObjectStore.manager.ts
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ export class ObjectStoreManager implements BinaryData.Manager {
 		return { fileId: targetFileId, fileSize: sourceFile.length };
 	}
 
-	async deleteMany(ids: BinaryData.IdsForDeletion) {
-		const prefixes = ids.map(
-			({ workflowId, executionId }) =>
-				`workflows/${workflowId}/executions/${executionId}/binary_data/`,
-		);
-
-		await Promise.all(
-			prefixes.map(async (prefix) => {
-				await this.objectStoreService.deleteMany(prefix);
-			}),
-		);
-	}
-
 	async rename(oldFileId: string, newFileId: string) {
 		const oldFile = await this.objectStoreService.get(oldFileId, { mode: 'buffer' });
 		const oldFileMetadata = await this.objectStoreService.getMetadata(oldFileId);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/types.ts b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/types.ts
index 2067d90c27..ef39197b3e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/BinaryData/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/BinaryData/types.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ export namespace BinaryData {
 		getAsStream(fileId: string, chunkSize?: number): Promise<Readable>;
 		getMetadata(fileId: string): Promise<Metadata>;
 
-		deleteMany(ids: IdsForDeletion): Promise<void>;
+		/**
+		 * Present for `FileSystem`, absent for `ObjectStore` (delegated to S3 lifecycle config)
+		 */
+		deleteMany?(ids: IdsForDeletion): Promise<void>;
 
 		copyByFileId(workflowId: string, executionId: string, sourceFileId: string): Promise<string>;
 		copyByFilePath(
diff --git a/packages/core/test/ObjectStore.manager.test.ts b/packages/core/test/ObjectStore.manager.test.ts
index 79fa519109..dc91e33221 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/ObjectStore.manager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/ObjectStore.manager.test.ts
@@ -116,21 +116,6 @@ describe('copyByFilePath()', () => {
 	});
 });
 
-describe('deleteMany()', () => {
-	it('should delete many files by prefix', async () => {
-		const ids = [
-			{ workflowId, executionId },
-			{ workflowId: otherWorkflowId, executionId: otherExecutionId },
-		];
-
-		const promise = objectStoreManager.deleteMany(ids);
-
-		await expect(promise).resolves.not.toThrow();
-
-		expect(objectStoreService.deleteMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-	});
-});
-
 describe('rename()', () => {
 	it('should rename a file', async () => {
 		const promise = objectStoreManager.rename(fileId, otherFileId);