diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.cpp
index 148cbf93948..d7f2f3ca7c7 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.cpp
@@ -953,24 +953,9 @@ void IMergeTreeDataPart::writeVersionMetadata(const VersionMetadata & version_,
     }
 }
 
-void IMergeTreeDataPart::writeDeleteOnDestroyMarker()
-{
-    static constexpr auto marker_path = "delete-on-destroy.txt";
-
-    try
-    {
-        getDataPartStorage().createFile(marker_path);
-    }
-    catch (Poco::Exception & e)
-    {
-        LOG_ERROR(storage.log, "{} (while creating DeleteOnDestroy marker: {})",
-            e.what(), (fs::path(getDataPartStorage().getFullPath()) / marker_path).string());
-    }
-}
-
 void IMergeTreeDataPart::removeDeleteOnDestroyMarker()
 {
-    getDataPartStorage().removeFileIfExists("delete-on-destroy.txt");
+    getDataPartStorage().removeFileIfExists(DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME_DEPRECATED);
 }
 
 void IMergeTreeDataPart::removeVersionMetadata()
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.h b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.h
index a36634d2cf9..f7bcaa263d6 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.h
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPart.h
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ public:
     /// default will be stored in this file.
     static inline constexpr auto DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_CODEC_FILE_NAME = "default_compression_codec.txt";
 
-    static inline constexpr auto DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME = "delete-on-destroy.txt";
+    /// "delete-on-destroy.txt" is deprecated. It is no longer being created, only is removed.
+    static inline constexpr auto DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME_DEPRECATED = "delete-on-destroy.txt";
 
     static inline constexpr auto UUID_FILE_NAME = "uuid.txt";
 
@@ -456,8 +457,10 @@ public:
 
     void writeChecksums(const MergeTreeDataPartChecksums & checksums_, const WriteSettings & settings);
 
-    void writeDeleteOnDestroyMarker();
+    /// "delete-on-destroy.txt" is deprecated. It is no longer being created, only is removed.
+    /// TODO: remove this method after some time.
     void removeDeleteOnDestroyMarker();
+
     /// It may look like a stupid joke. but these two methods are absolutely unrelated.
     /// This one is about removing file with metadata about part version (for transactions)
     void removeVersionMetadata();
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
index 83f5c0d359c..2def6fb08d3 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ MergeTreeData::LoadPartResult MergeTreeData::loadDataPart(
         .build();
 
     String part_path = fs::path(relative_data_path) / part_name;
-    String marker_path = fs::path(part_path) / IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME;
+    String marker_path = fs::path(part_path) / IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME_DEPRECATED;
 
     if (part_disk_ptr->exists(marker_path))
     {
@@ -4410,7 +4410,6 @@ void MergeTreeData::swapActivePart(MergeTreeData::DataPartPtr part_copy)
             /// All other locks are taken in StorageReplicatedMergeTree
             lockSharedData(*part_copy);
 
-            asMutableDeletingPart(original_active_part)->writeDeleteOnDestroyMarker();
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -7174,7 +7173,7 @@ std::pair<MergeTreeData::MutableDataPartPtr, scope_guard> MergeTreeData::cloneAn
         for (auto it = src_part->getDataPartStorage().iterate(); it->isValid(); it->next())
         {
             if (!files_to_copy_instead_of_hardlinks.contains(it->name())
-                && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME
+                && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME_DEPRECATED
                 && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::TXN_VERSION_METADATA_FILE_NAME)
             {
                 hardlinked_files->hardlinks_from_source_part.insert(it->name());
@@ -7189,7 +7188,7 @@ std::pair<MergeTreeData::MutableDataPartPtr, scope_guard> MergeTreeData::cloneAn
             {
                 auto file_name_with_projection_prefix = fs::path(projection_storage.getPartDirectory()) / it->name();
                 if (!files_to_copy_instead_of_hardlinks.contains(file_name_with_projection_prefix)
-                    && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME
+                    && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::DELETE_ON_DESTROY_MARKER_FILE_NAME_DEPRECATED
                     && it->name() != IMergeTreeDataPart::TXN_VERSION_METADATA_FILE_NAME)
                 {
                     hardlinked_files->hardlinks_from_source_part.insert(file_name_with_projection_prefix);