diff --git a/satellite/metainfo/piecedeletion/dialer.go b/satellite/metainfo/piecedeletion/dialer.go
index 4a43e7408..a232ee54c 100644
--- a/satellite/metainfo/piecedeletion/dialer.go
+++ b/satellite/metainfo/piecedeletion/dialer.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"storj.io/common/pb"
 	"storj.io/common/rpc"
 	"storj.io/common/storj"
-	"storj.io/uplink/private/piecestore"
 )
 
 // Dialer implements dialing piecestores and sending delete requests with batching and redial threshold.
@@ -52,13 +51,12 @@ func (dialer *Dialer) Handle(ctx context.Context, node *pb.Node, queue Queue) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	conn, err := piecestore.Dial(ctx, dialer.dialer, node, dialer.log, piecestore.DefaultConfig)
+	client, conn, err := dialPieceStore(ctx, dialer.dialer, node)
 	if err != nil {
 		dialer.log.Info("failed to dial", zap.Stringer("id", node.Id), zap.Error(err))
 		dialer.markFailed(ctx, node)
 		return
 	}
-
 	defer func() {
 		if err := conn.Close(); err != nil {
 			dialer.log.Info("closing connection failed", zap.Stringer("id", node.Id), zap.Error(err))
@@ -80,7 +78,9 @@ func (dialer *Dialer) Handle(ctx context.Context, node *pb.Node, queue Queue) {
 			jobs = rest
 
 			requestCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, dialer.requestTimeout)
-			err := conn.DeletePieces(requestCtx, batch...)
+			resp, err := client.DeletePieces(requestCtx, &pb.DeletePiecesRequest{
+				PieceIds: batch,
+			})
 			cancel()
 
 			for _, promise := range promises {
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ func (dialer *Dialer) Handle(ctx context.Context, node *pb.Node, queue Queue) {
 					dialer.markFailed(ctx, node)
 				}
 				break
+			} else {
+				mon.IntVal("deletion pieces unhandled count").Observe(resp.UnhandledCount)
 			}
 
 			jobs = append(jobs, queue.PopAllWithoutClose()...)
@@ -146,3 +148,12 @@ func batchJobs(jobs []Job, maxBatchSize int) (pieces []storj.PieceID, promises [
 
 	return pieces, promises, nil
 }
+
+func dialPieceStore(ctx context.Context, dialer rpc.Dialer, target *pb.Node) (pb.DRPCPiecestoreClient, *rpc.Conn, error) {
+	conn, err := dialer.DialNode(ctx, target)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return pb.NewDRPCPiecestoreClient(conn), conn, nil
+}