o.DeleteReplication = ReplicationState{
		ReplicateDecisionStr: dsc.String(),
	}
	switch o.VersionID {
	case "":
		o.DeleteReplication.ReplicationStatusInternal = dsc.PendingStatus()
		o.DeleteReplication.Targets = replicationStatusesMap(o.DeleteReplication.ReplicationStatusInternal)
	default:
		o.DeleteReplication.VersionPurgeStatusInternal = dsc.PendingStatus()

			proxytgts := getProxyTargets(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
			if !proxytgts.Empty() {
				globalReplicationStats.Load().incProxy(bucket, getObjectAPI, false)
				// proxy to replication target if active-active replication is in place.
				reader, proxy, perr = proxyGetToReplicationTarget(ctx, bucket, object, rs, r.Header, opts, proxytgts)
				if perr != nil {

	// 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() {