diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication.go b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
index e6d3db98a..29e934386 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, obj
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(index int, tgt *TargetClient) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			rinfo := replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx, dobj, objectAPI, tgt)
+			rinfo := replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx, dobj, tgt)
 			rinfos.Targets[index] = rinfo
 		}(idx, tgt)
 	}
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, obj
 	}
 }
 
-func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, objectAPI ObjectLayer, tgt *TargetClient) (rinfo replicatedTargetInfo) {
+func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, tgt *TargetClient) (rinfo replicatedTargetInfo) {
 	versionID := dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID
 	if versionID == "" {
 		versionID = dobj.VersionID
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-object.go b/cmd/erasure-object.go
index 71fb01f21..5f3ae0566 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-object.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-object.go
@@ -493,11 +493,6 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object strin
 		return objInfo, toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
 	objInfo = fi.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object)
-	if opts.VersionID != "" && !fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() {
-		// Make sure to return object info to provide extra information.
-		return objInfo, toObjectErr(errMethodNotAllowed, bucket, object)
-	}
-
 	if fi.Deleted {
 		if opts.VersionID == "" || opts.DeleteMarker {
 			return objInfo, toObjectErr(errFileNotFound, bucket, object)
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
index 6d4a4b7d3..2e5ea3d0c 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage-format-v2.go
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ func (j xlMetaV2Object) ToFileInfo(volume, path string) (FileInfo, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	fi.ReplicationState = getInternalReplicationState(fi.Metadata)
+	fi.Deleted = !fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty()
 	replStatus := fi.ReplicationState.CompositeReplicationStatus()
 	if replStatus != "" {
 		fi.Metadata[xhttp.AmzBucketReplicationStatus] = string(replStatus)
@@ -1281,7 +1282,7 @@ func (x *xlMetaV2) DeleteVersion(fi FileInfo) (string, error) {
 					ver.ObjectV2.MetaSys[k] = []byte(v)
 				}
 				err = x.setIdx(i, *ver)
-				return "", err
+				return uuid.UUID(ver.ObjectV2.DataDir).String(), err
 			}
 		}
 	}