diff --git a/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js b/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
index 633ea3455..97433562b 100644
--- a/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
+++ b/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
@@ -167,32 +167,45 @@ class DataWrapper {
         });
     }
 
-    // It would be preferable to have an sproxyd batch delete route to
-    // replace this
-    batchDelete(locations, requestMethod, newObjDataStoreName, log) {
+    batchDelete(locations, requestMethod, newObjDataStoreName, log, cb) {
         // TODO: The method of persistence of sproxy delete key will
         // be finalized; refer Issue #312 for the discussion. In the
         // meantime, we at least log the location of the data we are
         // about to delete before attempting its deletion.
         if (this._shouldSkipDelete(locations, requestMethod,
         newObjDataStoreName)) {
-            return;
+            return process.nextTick(cb);
         }
         log.trace('initiating batch delete', {
             keys: locations,
             implName: this.implName,
             method: 'batchDelete',
         });
-        async.eachLimit(locations, 5, (loc, next) => {
+        const keys = [];
+        const shouldBatchDelete = locations.every(l => {
+            if (typeof l === 'string') {
+                keys.push(l);
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (l.dataStoreName === 'sproxyd') {
+                keys.push(l.key);
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        });
+        if (shouldBatchDelete) {
+            return this.client.batchDelete('sproxyd', keys, log, cb);
+        }
+        return async.eachLimit(locations, 5, (loc, next) => {
             process.nextTick(() => this.delete(loc, log, next));
         },
         err => {
             if (err) {
-                log.error('batch delete failed', { error: err });
-            } else {
-                log.trace('batch delete successfully completed');
+                log.end().error('batch delete failed', { error: err });
+                return cb(err);
             }
-            log.end();
+            log.end().trace('batch delete successfully completed');
+            return cb();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/data/MultipleBackendGateway.js b/lib/storage/data/MultipleBackendGateway.js
index 7ef548e3b..a3609c254 100644
--- a/lib/storage/data/MultipleBackendGateway.js
+++ b/lib/storage/data/MultipleBackendGateway.js
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ class MultipleBackendGateway {
         return client.delete(objectGetInfo, reqUids, callback);
     }
 
+    batchDelete(dataStoreName, keys, log, callback) {
+        const client = this.clients[dataStoreName];
+        if (client.batchDelete) {
+            return client.batchDelete(keys, log.getSerializedUids(), callback);
+        }
+        return callback(errors.NotImplemented);
+    }
+
     healthcheck(flightCheckOnStartUp, log, callback) {
         const multBackendResp = {};
         const awsArray = [];