if !ventry.Valid() {
			return "", errors.New("internal error: invalid version entry generated")
		}
	}
	updateVersion := false
	if fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() && (fi.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus() == "REPLICA" || fi.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus().Empty()) {
		updateVersion = fi.MarkDeleted
	} else {
		// for replication scenario
		if fi.Deleted && fi.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {

	// Default deleteMarker to true if object is under versioning
	deleteMarker := opts.Versioned

	if opts.VersionID != "" {
		// case where replica version needs to be deleted on target cluster
		if versionFound && opts.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus() == replication.Replica {
			markDelete = false
		}
		if opts.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() && opts.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus().Empty() {
			markDelete = false
		}