diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
index b69b8dd..7eedde2 100644
--- a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects/requests.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 		url += query
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.Request("DELETE", url, gophercloud.RequestOpts{})
+	resp, err := c.Delete(url, nil)
 	res.Header = resp.Header
 	res.Err = err
 	return res