diff --git a/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1.Tests/StorageClientImplRetryTest.cs b/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1.Tests/StorageClientImplRetryTest.cs
index 540c365bf0d9..ced70c1895ac 100644
--- a/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1.Tests/StorageClientImplRetryTest.cs
+++ b/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1.Tests/StorageClientImplRetryTest.cs
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ public void DeleteObject_RetryThenFail() =>
             RetryThenFail(service => new ObjectsResource.DeleteRequest(service, "bucket", "objectName") { Generation = 70 },
                 client => client.DeleteObject("bucket", "objectName", new DeleteObjectOptions { Generation = 70 }), "check");
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeleteObject_Object_NoRetry() => NoRetryHelper(
+            service => service.Objects.Delete("bucket", "objectName"),
+            client => client.DeleteObject(new Object { Bucket = "bucket", Name = "objectName" }));
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeleteObject_Object_RetryOnce() => RetryOnce(
+            service => new ObjectsResource.DeleteRequest(service, "bucket", "objectName") { Generation = 70 },
+            client => client.DeleteObject(new Object { Bucket = "bucket", Name = "objectName" }, new DeleteObjectOptions { Generation = 70 }), "check");
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeleteObject_Object_RetryThenFail() =>
+            RetryThenFail(service => new ObjectsResource.DeleteRequest(service, "bucket", "objectName") { Generation = 70 },
+                client => client.DeleteObject(new Object { Bucket = "bucket", Name = "objectName" }, new DeleteObjectOptions { Generation = 70 }), "check");
+
         [Fact]
         public void UpdateObject_WithMetageneration_RetryOnce() => RetryOnceHelper(
             service => new ObjectsResource.UpdateRequest(service, new Object { Bucket = "bucket", Name = "object" }, "bucket", "object") { IfMetagenerationMatch = 70 },
diff --git a/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/StorageClientImpl.DeleteObject.cs b/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/StorageClientImpl.DeleteObject.cs
index 087e97696ad0..184a5e139cd2 100644
--- a/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/StorageClientImpl.DeleteObject.cs
+++ b/apis/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/Google.Cloud.Storage.V1/StorageClientImpl.DeleteObject.cs
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ public override Task DeleteObjectAsync(Object obj, DeleteObjectOptions options =
         private ObjectsResource.DeleteRequest CreateDeleteObjectRequest(Object obj, DeleteObjectOptions options)
         {
             ValidateObject(obj, nameof(obj));
-            var request = Service.Objects.Delete(obj.Bucket, obj.Name);
-            options?.ModifyRequest(request);
-            return request;
+            return CreateDeleteObjectRequest(obj.Bucket, obj.Name, options);
         }
 
         private ObjectsResource.DeleteRequest CreateDeleteObjectRequest(string bucket, string name, DeleteObjectOptions options)