diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/store/list.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f7f480b5..000000000
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-use super::*;
-
-impl ECStore {
-    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-    pub(super) async fn handle_list_objects_v2(
-        self: Arc<Self>,
-        bucket: &str,
-        prefix: &str,
-        continuation_token: Option<String>,
-        delimiter: Option<String>,
-        max_keys: i32,
-        fetch_owner: bool,
-        start_after: Option<String>,
-        incl_deleted: bool,
-    ) -> Result<ListObjectsV2Info> {
-        self.inner_list_objects_v2(
-            bucket,
-            prefix,
-            continuation_token,
-            delimiter,
-            max_keys,
-            fetch_owner,
-            start_after,
-            incl_deleted,
-        )
-        .await
-    }
-
-    #[instrument(skip(self))]
-    pub(super) async fn handle_list_object_versions(
-        self: Arc<Self>,
-        bucket: &str,
-        prefix: &str,
-        marker: Option<String>,
-        version_marker: Option<String>,
-        delimiter: Option<String>,
-        max_keys: i32,
-    ) -> Result<ListObjectVersionsInfo> {
-        self.inner_list_object_versions(bucket, prefix, marker, version_marker, delimiter, max_keys)
-            .await
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) async fn list_object_versions_for_lifecycle(
-        self: Arc<Self>,
-        bucket: &str,
-        prefix: &str,
-        marker: Option<String>,
-        version_marker: Option<String>,
-        delimiter: Option<String>,
-        max_keys: i32,
-    ) -> Result<ListObjectVersionsInfo> {
-        self.inner_list_object_versions_for_lifecycle(bucket, prefix, marker, version_marker, delimiter, max_keys)
-            .await
-    }
-
-    pub(super) async fn handle_walk(
-        self: Arc<Self>,
-        rx: CancellationToken,
-        bucket: &str,
-        prefix: &str,
-        result: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<ObjectInfoOrErr>,
-        opts: WalkOptions,
-    ) -> Result<()> {
-        self.walk_internal(rx, bucket, prefix, result, opts).await
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
index df4cb3980..9adadbb13 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
@@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@ impl ECStore {
         .await
     }
 
-    pub(crate) async fn inner_list_object_versions_for_lifecycle(
+    pub(crate) async fn list_object_versions_for_lifecycle(
         self: Arc<Self>,
         bucket: &str,
         prefix: &str,
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs
index 30a76bb69..f51fa6df5 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ mod heal_walk;
 pub use heal_walk::HealWalkVersion;
 mod init;
 pub(crate) mod init_format;
-mod list;
 pub(crate) mod list_objects;
 mod multipart;
 mod object;
@@ -601,7 +600,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::list::ListOperations for ECStore {
         start_after: Option<String>,
         incl_deleted: bool,
     ) -> Result<ListObjectsV2Info> {
-        self.handle_list_objects_v2(
+        self.inner_list_objects_v2(
             bucket,
             prefix,
             continuation_token,
@@ -624,7 +623,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::list::ListOperations for ECStore {
         delimiter: Option<String>,
         max_keys: i32,
     ) -> Result<ListObjectVersionsInfo> {
-        self.handle_list_object_versions(bucket, prefix, marker, version_marker, delimiter, max_keys)
+        self.inner_list_object_versions(bucket, prefix, marker, version_marker, delimiter, max_keys)
             .await
     }
 
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::list::ListOperations for ECStore {
         result: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<ObjectInfoOrErr>,
         opts: WalkOptions,
     ) -> Result<()> {
-        self.handle_walk(rx, bucket, prefix, result, opts).await
+        self.walk_internal(rx, bucket, prefix, result, opts).await
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh b/scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh
index c9b0a14eb..6db62ecc2 100755
--- a/scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh
@@ -984,7 +984,9 @@ trace_hot_spans=(
   "crates/ecstore/src/store/object.rs:handle_get_object_info"
   "crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs:get_object_info"
   "crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs:list_objects_v2"
-  "crates/ecstore/src/store/list.rs:handle_list_objects_v2"
+  # The ECStore handle_list_objects_v2 forwarder was folded into the trait impl
+  # above, so store/mod.rs now carries this hot path's TRACE requirement
+  # directly (backlog#1821).
   # The pool-level Sets::list_objects_v2 wrapper was removed with its duplicate
   # pagination pipeline (backlog#1821); the remaining ECStore and SetDisks
   # wrappers below still carry the TRACE requirement.