diff --git a/policy/actionset.go b/policy/actionset.go
index 2eb2d0b..ab4c50d 100644
--- a/policy/actionset.go
+++ b/policy/actionset.go
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ var implicitActions = map[Action]ActionSet{
 	GetObjectVersionAction: NewActionSet(GetObjectAction),
 
 	// S3Tables actions implicitly allow their data actions
-	Action(S3TablesGetTableDataAction):    NewActionSet(GetObjectAction, ListMultipartUploadPartsAction),
-	Action(S3TablesPutTableDataAction):    NewActionSet(PutObjectAction, AbortMultipartUploadAction, ListBucketAction),
-	Action(S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction): NewActionSet(DeleteObjectAction),
+	Action(S3TablesGetTableDataAction): NewActionSet(GetObjectAction, ListMultipartUploadPartsAction),
+	Action(S3TablesPutTableDataAction): NewActionSet(PutObjectAction, AbortMultipartUploadAction, ListBucketAction),
 	// Action(S3TablesDeleteTableAction) implicitly allows DeleteObjectAction to support table purging.
 	// This is needed because Spark's DROP TABLE ... PURGE performs client-side deletes rather than
 	// using purgeRequested=true to let the catalog handle deletion. This workaround grants the
diff --git a/policy/policy_test.go b/policy/policy_test.go
index b3f2a4d..266185f 100644
--- a/policy/policy_test.go
+++ b/policy/policy_test.go
@@ -2257,17 +2257,6 @@ func TestS3TablesActionsWithImplicitMatching(t *testing.T) {
 		]
 	}`
 
-	policy5JSON := `{
-		"Version": "2012-10-17",
-		"Statement": [
-			{
-				"Effect": "Allow",
-				"Action": ["s3tables:DeleteTableData"],
-				"Resource": ["arn:aws:s3tables:::bucket/del-warehouse/table/uuid-789"]
-			}
-		]
-	}`
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name           string
 		policyJSON     string
@@ -2394,60 +2383,6 @@ func TestS3TablesActionsWithImplicitMatching(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedResult: true,
 			description:    "Should match PutObject when both GetTableData and PutTableData are allowed",
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "DeleteTableData direct match",
-			policyJSON: policy5JSON,
-			args: Args{
-				Action:     Action(S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction),
-				BucketName: "bucket/del-warehouse/table/uuid-789",
-			},
-			expectedResult: true,
-			description:    "DeleteTableData action should match S3 Tables resource directly",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "DeleteTableData implicit DeleteObject match",
-			policyJSON: policy5JSON,
-			args: Args{
-				Action:     DeleteObjectAction,
-				BucketName: "bucket",
-				ObjectName: "del-warehouse/table/uuid-789",
-			},
-			expectedResult: true,
-			description:    "DeleteObject (implicit from DeleteTableData) should match on the table resource",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "DeleteTableData implicit DeleteObject with extra path",
-			policyJSON: policy5JSON,
-			args: Args{
-				Action:     DeleteObjectAction,
-				BucketName: "del-warehouse",
-				ObjectName: "uuid-789/data/file.parquet",
-			},
-			expectedResult: false,
-			description:    "a plain object path is not table data until the server presents it in tables form",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "DeleteTableData wrong table uuid - should not match",
-			policyJSON: policy5JSON,
-			args: Args{
-				Action:     DeleteObjectAction,
-				BucketName: "del-warehouse",
-				ObjectName: "wrong-uuid",
-			},
-			expectedResult: false,
-			description:    "Should not match when table UUID doesn't match",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "DeleteTableData does not grant PutObject",
-			policyJSON: policy5JSON,
-			args: Args{
-				Action:     PutObjectAction,
-				BucketName: "del-warehouse",
-				ObjectName: "uuid-789",
-			},
-			expectedResult: false,
-			description:    "PutObject is not implicit from DeleteTableData, should not match",
-		},
 		{
 			name:       "Non-implicit action should not match",
 			policyJSON: policy1JSON,
diff --git a/policy/table-action.go b/policy/table-action.go
index 86422cc..67fa9d7 100644
--- a/policy/table-action.go
+++ b/policy/table-action.go
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ const (
 	// S3TablesDeleteTableAction maps to the AWS `DeleteTable` S3 Tables action.
 	S3TablesDeleteTableAction TableAction = "s3tables:DeleteTable"
 
-	// S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction is an AIStor extension granting deletion of a
-	// table's underlying data objects.
-	S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction TableAction = "s3tables:DeleteTableData"
-
 	// S3TablesDeleteTableEncryptionAction is an AIStor extension for deleting a
 	// table-level encryption configuration override.
 	S3TablesDeleteTableEncryptionAction TableAction = "s3tables:DeleteTableEncryption"
@@ -278,7 +274,6 @@ var SupportedTableActions = map[TableAction]struct{}{
 	S3TablesDeleteTableBucketAction:                      {},
 	S3TablesDeleteTableBucketEncryptionAction:            {},
 	S3TablesDeleteTableBucketPolicyAction:                {},
-	S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction:                        {},
 	S3TablesDeleteTableEncryptionAction:                  {},
 	S3TablesDeleteTablePolicyAction:                      {},
 	S3TablesGetNamespaceAction:                           {},
@@ -430,7 +425,6 @@ func createTableActionConditionKeyMap() map[Action]condition.KeySet {
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTableBucketAction)] = withWarehouseCommon()
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTableBucketEncryptionAction)] = withWarehouseCommon()
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTableBucketPolicyAction)] = withWarehouseCommon()
-	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTableDataAction)] = withTableCommon()
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTableEncryptionAction)] = withTableCommon()
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesDeleteTablePolicyAction)] = withTableCommon()
 	tableActionConditionKeyMap[Action(S3TablesGetNamespaceAction)] = withWarehouseCommon(s3TablesNamespaceKey)