diff --git a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/remoteobj/RemoteObjectDeleter.java b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/remoteobj/RemoteObjectDeleter.java
index b3555794..08530b2b 100644
--- a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/remoteobj/RemoteObjectDeleter.java
+++ b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/remoteobj/RemoteObjectDeleter.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class RemoteObjectDeleter {
                             .map(PeerInfo::id)
                             .filter(id -> !finalTarget.confirmedDeletes().contains(id)).toList();
 
-                    var ret = remoteObjectServiceClient.canDelete(missing, objName, target.refsFrom());
+                    var ret = remoteObjectServiceClient.canDelete(missing, objName);
 
                     long ok = 0;
 
diff --git a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/rpc/RemoteObjectServiceClient.java b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/rpc/RemoteObjectServiceClient.java
index 4797546f..4089d4ca 100644
--- a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/rpc/RemoteObjectServiceClient.java
+++ b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/dhfs/rpc/RemoteObjectServiceClient.java
@@ -117,15 +117,11 @@ public class RemoteObjectServiceClient {
         return OpPushReply.getDefaultInstance();
     }
 
-    public Collection<Pair<PeerId, CanDeleteReply>> canDelete(Collection<PeerId> targets, JObjectKey objKey, Collection<JDataRef> ourReferrers) {
+    public Collection<Pair<PeerId, CanDeleteReply>> canDelete(Collection<PeerId> targets, JObjectKey objKey) {
         Log.trace("Asking canDelete for " + objKey + " from " + targets.stream().map(PeerId::toString).collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
         try {
             return _batchExecutor.invokeAll(targets.stream().<Callable<Pair<PeerId, CanDeleteReply>>>map(h -> () -> {
                 var req = CanDeleteRequest.newBuilder().setName(JObjectKeyP.newBuilder().setName(objKey.toString()).build());
-                assert ourReferrers.isEmpty();
-                for (var ref : ourReferrers) {
-                    req.addOurReferrers(JObjectKeyP.newBuilder().setName(ref.obj().toString()).build());
-                }
                 return Pair.of(h, rpcClientFactory.withObjSyncClient(h, (p, client) -> client.canDelete(req.build())));
             }).toList()).stream().map(f -> {
                 try {
diff --git a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/proto/dhfs_sync.proto b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/proto/dhfs_sync.proto
index a4b012e9..6e94efd7 100644
--- a/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/proto/dhfs_sync.proto
+++ b/dhfs-parent/sync-base/src/main/proto/dhfs_sync.proto
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ message GetObjectReply {
 
 message CanDeleteRequest {
   dhfs.persistence.JObjectKeyP name = 2;
-  repeated dhfs.persistence.JObjectKeyP ourReferrers = 3;
 }
 
 message CanDeleteReply {