diff --git a/cmd/batch-expire.go b/cmd/batch-expire.go
index e6869d620..7360a76c0 100644
--- a/cmd/batch-expire.go
+++ b/cmd/batch-expire.go
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ func batchObjsForDelete(ctx context.Context, r *BatchJobExpire, ri *batchJobInfo
 					}
 					stopFn := globalBatchJobsMetrics.trace(batchJobMetricExpire, ri.JobID, attempts)
 					_, err := api.DeleteObject(ctx, exp.Bucket, encodeDirObject(exp.Name), ObjectOptions{
-						DeletePrefix: true,
+						DeletePrefix:       true,
+						DeletePrefixObject: true, // use prefix delete on exact object (this is an optimization to avoid fan-out calls)
 					})
 					if err != nil {
 						stopFn(exp, err)
diff --git a/cmd/data-scanner.go b/cmd/data-scanner.go
index b96df6a54..6099f29df 100644
--- a/cmd/data-scanner.go
+++ b/cmd/data-scanner.go
@@ -1221,6 +1221,8 @@ func applyExpiryOnNonTransitionedObjects(ctx context.Context, objLayer ObjectLay
 
 	if lcEvent.Action.DeleteAll() {
 		opts.DeletePrefix = true
+		// use prefix delete on exact object (this is an optimization to avoid fan-out calls)
+		opts.DeletePrefixObject = true
 	}
 	var (
 		dobj ObjectInfo