diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index 7b6edd7aa..d21459d34 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -2106,7 +2106,19 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectExtractHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
-	metadata[xhttp.AmzStorageClass] = sc
+
+	// Remove the snowball headers from metadata from objects
+	// since those are actionable headers and not for storage
+	delete(metadata, xhttp.AmzSnowballExtract)
+	delete(metadata, xhttp.AmzSnowballExtract)
+	delete(metadata, xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreDirs)
+	delete(metadata, xhttp.MinIOSnowballIgnoreErrors)
+	delete(metadata, xhttp.MinIOSnowballPrefix)
+
+	// Use the same storage class as the original uploaded tar file
+	if sc != "" {
+		metadata[xhttp.AmzStorageClass] = sc
+	}
 
 	putObjectTar := func(reader io.Reader, info os.FileInfo, object string) error {
 		size := info.Size()
diff --git a/internal/http/headers.go b/internal/http/headers.go
index a960ee147..9d989279f 100644
--- a/internal/http/headers.go
+++ b/internal/http/headers.go
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ const (
 	AmzObjectLockLegalHold        = "X-Amz-Object-Lock-Legal-Hold"
 	AmzObjectLockBypassGovernance = "X-Amz-Bypass-Governance-Retention"
 	AmzBucketReplicationStatus    = "X-Amz-Replication-Status"
-	AmzSnowballExtract            = "X-Amz-Meta-Snowball-Auto-Extract"
 
+	// AmzSnowballExtract will trigger unpacking of an archive content
+	AmzSnowballExtract = "X-Amz-Meta-Snowball-Auto-Extract"
 	// MinIOSnowballIgnoreDirs will skip creating empty directory objects.
 	MinIOSnowballIgnoreDirs = "X-Amz-Meta-Minio-Snowball-Ignore-Dirs"
 	// MinIOSnowballIgnoreErrors will ignore recoverable errors, typically single files failing to upload.