diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
index e27791c13b..b26dff6039 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control.go
@@ -81,13 +81,10 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) close(releasePools bool) error {
 	e.mtx.RLock()
 	defer e.mtx.RUnlock()
 
-	if releasePools {
-		for _, p := range e.shardPools {
-			p.Release()
-		}
-	}
-
 	for id, sh := range e.shards {
+		if releasePools {
+			sh.pool.Release()
+		}
 		if err := sh.Close(); err != nil {
 			e.log.Debug("could not close shard",
 				zap.String("id", id),
@@ -201,8 +198,8 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Reload(rcfg ReConfiguration) error {
 	}
 
 	e.mtx.RLock()
-	for _, pool := range e.shardPools {
-		pool.Tune(int(e.shardPoolSize))
+	for _, sh := range e.shards {
+		sh.pool.Tune(int(e.shardPoolSize))
 	}
 
 	var shardsToRemove []string // shards IDs
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
index 85c675df14..2fd2c69a5c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/control_test.go
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ func TestReload(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// no new paths => no new shards
 		require.Equal(t, shardNum, len(e.shards))
-		require.Equal(t, shardNum, len(e.shardPools))
 
 		newMeta := filepath.Join(addPath, fmt.Sprintf("%d.metabase", shardNum))
 
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ func TestReload(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, e.Reload(rcfg))
 
 		require.Equal(t, shardNum+1, len(e.shards))
-		require.Equal(t, shardNum+1, len(e.shardPools))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("remove shards", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -236,7 +234,6 @@ func TestReload(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// removed one
 		require.Equal(t, shardNum-1, len(e.shards))
-		require.Equal(t, shardNum-1, len(e.shardPools))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -264,7 +261,6 @@ func engineWithShards(t *testing.T, path string, num int) (*StorageEngine, []str
 	}
 
 	require.Equal(t, num, len(e.shards))
-	require.Equal(t, num, len(e.shardPools))
 
 	require.NoError(t, e.Open())
 	require.NoError(t, e.Init())
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
index c9db679e6b..90c4796760 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ type StorageEngine struct {
 
 	shards map[string]shardWrapper
 
-	shardPools map[string]util.WorkerPool
-
 	closeCh   chan struct{}
 	setModeCh chan setModeRequest
 	wg        sync.WaitGroup
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ type shardInterface interface {
 
 type shardWrapper struct {
 	errorCount *atomic.Uint32
+	pool       util.WorkerPool
 	*shard.Shard
 	shardIface shardInterface // TODO: make Shard a shardInterface
 }
@@ -242,12 +241,11 @@ func New(opts ...Option) *StorageEngine {
 	}
 
 	return &StorageEngine{
-		cfg:        c,
-		mtx:        new(sync.RWMutex),
-		shards:     make(map[string]shardWrapper),
-		shardPools: make(map[string]util.WorkerPool),
-		closeCh:    make(chan struct{}),
-		setModeCh:  make(chan setModeRequest),
+		cfg:       c,
+		mtx:       new(sync.RWMutex),
+		shards:    make(map[string]shardWrapper),
+		closeCh:   make(chan struct{}),
+		setModeCh: make(chan setModeRequest),
 
 		sortShardsFn: (*StorageEngine).sortedShards,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine_test.go
index 309ceeadef..932887ff07 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/engine_test.go
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ func testNewEngineWithShards(shards ...*shard.Shard) *StorageEngine {
 
 		engine.shards[s.ID().String()] = shardWrapper{
 			errorCount: new(atomic.Uint32),
+			pool:       pool,
 			Shard:      s,
 		}
-		engine.shardPools[s.ID().String()] = pool
 	}
 
 	return engine
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate.go
index 491a0ed6ed..a40dc8c9f1 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/hrw/v2"
 	meta "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
 	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 const defaultEvacuateBatchSize = 100
 
-type pooledShard struct {
-	shardWrapper
-	pool util.WorkerPool
-}
-
 var errMustHaveTwoShards = errors.New("must have at least 1 spare shard")
 
 // Evacuate moves data from a set of given shards to other shards available to
@@ -60,13 +56,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Evacuate(shardIDs []*shard.ID, ignoreErrors bool, faultH
 	// We must have all shards, to have correct information about their
 	// indexes in a sorted slice and set appropriate marks in the metabase.
 	// Evacuated shard is skipped during put.
-	shards := make([]pooledShard, 0, len(e.shards))
-	for id := range e.shards {
-		shards = append(shards, pooledShard{
-			shardWrapper: e.shards[id],
-			pool:         e.shardPools[id],
-		})
-	}
+	var shards = slices.Collect(maps.Values(e.shards))
 	e.mtx.RUnlock()
 
 	shardMap := make(map[string]*shard.Shard)
@@ -115,7 +105,7 @@ mainLoop:
 					if _, ok := shardMap[shards[j].ID().String()]; ok {
 						continue
 					}
-					err = e.putToShard(shards[j].shardWrapper, shards[j].pool, addr, obj, nil)
+					err = e.putToShard(shards[j], addr, obj, nil)
 					if err == nil || errors.Is(err, errExists) {
 						if !errors.Is(err, errExists) {
 							e.log.Debug("object is moved to another shard",
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate_test.go
index 0a98d850fd..23d71d0c5c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/evacuate_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ func TestEvacuateShard(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e.mtx.Lock()
 	delete(e.shards, evacuateShardID)
-	delete(e.shardPools, evacuateShardID)
 	e.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	checkHasObjects(t)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
index 500b821708..0a1fa947a9 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/put.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	iec "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/internal/ec"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/blobstor/common"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/shard"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util"
 	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
 	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
@@ -53,8 +52,8 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 
 	// In #1146 this check was parallelized, however, it became
 	// much slower on fast machines for 4 shards.
-	_, err := e.exists(addr)
-	if err != nil {
+	exists, err := e.exists(addr)
+	if err != nil || exists {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		bestPool   util.WorkerPool
 		bestShard  shardWrapper
 		overloaded bool
 		shs        []shardWrapper
@@ -80,19 +78,11 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, sh := range shs {
-		e.mtx.RLock()
-		pool, ok := e.shardPools[sh.ID().String()]
-		if ok && bestPool == nil {
+		if bestShard.pool == nil {
 			bestShard = sh
-			bestPool = pool
-		}
-		e.mtx.RUnlock()
-		if !ok {
-			// Shard was concurrently removed, skip.
-			continue
 		}
 
-		err = e.putToShard(sh, pool, addr, obj, objBin)
+		err = e.putToShard(sh, addr, obj, objBin)
 		if err == nil || errors.Is(err, errExists) {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -105,7 +95,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 		zap.Stringer("addr", addr), zap.Stringer("best shard", bestShard.ID()))
 
 	if e.objectPutTimeout > 0 {
-		success, over := e.putToShardWithDeadLine(bestShard, bestPool, addr, obj, objBin)
+		success, over := e.putToShardWithDeadLine(bestShard, addr, obj, objBin)
 		if success {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -126,7 +116,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) Put(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 // putToShard puts object to sh.
 // Returns error from shard put or errOverloaded (when shard pool can't accept
 // the task) or errExists (if object is already stored there).
-func (e *StorageEngine) putToShard(sh shardWrapper, pool util.WorkerPool, addr oid.Address, obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
+func (e *StorageEngine) putToShard(sh shardWrapper, addr oid.Address, obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 	var (
 		alreadyExists bool
 		err           error
@@ -135,7 +125,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) putToShard(sh shardWrapper, pool util.WorkerPool, addr o
 		putError      error
 	)
 
-	err = pool.Submit(func() {
+	err = sh.pool.Submit(func() {
 		defer close(exitCh)
 
 		exists, err := sh.Exists(addr, false)
@@ -192,7 +182,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) putToShard(sh shardWrapper, pool util.WorkerPool, addr o
 	return putError
 }
 
-func (e *StorageEngine) putToShardWithDeadLine(sh shardWrapper, pool util.WorkerPool, addr oid.Address, obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) (bool, bool) {
+func (e *StorageEngine) putToShardWithDeadLine(sh shardWrapper, addr oid.Address, obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) (bool, bool) {
 	const putCooldown = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	var (
 		overloaded bool
@@ -206,7 +196,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) putToShardWithDeadLine(sh shardWrapper, pool util.Worker
 			e.log.Error("could not put object", zap.Stringer("addr", addr), zap.Duration("deadline", e.objectPutTimeout))
 			return false, overloaded
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			err := e.putToShard(sh, pool, addr, obj, objBin)
+			err := e.putToShard(sh, addr, obj, objBin)
 			if errors.Is(err, errOverloaded) {
 				overloaded = true
 				ticker.Reset(putCooldown)
@@ -221,8 +211,6 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) putToShardWithDeadLine(sh shardWrapper, pool util.Worker
 // broadcastObject stores object on ALL shards to ensure it's available everywhere.
 func (e *StorageEngine) broadcastObject(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error {
 	var (
-		pool       util.WorkerPool
-		ok         bool
 		allShards  = e.unsortedShards()
 		addr       = obj.Address()
 		goodShards = make([]shardWrapper, 0, len(allShards))
@@ -237,16 +225,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) broadcastObject(obj *object.Object, objBin []byte) error
 		zap.Int("shard_count", len(allShards)))
 
 	for _, sh := range allShards {
-		e.mtx.RLock()
-		pool, ok = e.shardPools[sh.ID().String()]
-		e.mtx.RUnlock()
-
-		if !ok {
-			// Shard was concurrently removed, skip.
-			continue
-		}
-
-		err := e.putToShard(sh, pool, addr, obj, objBin)
+		err := e.putToShard(sh, addr, obj, objBin)
 		if err == nil || errors.Is(err, errExists) {
 			goodShards = append(goodShards, sh)
 			if errors.Is(err, errExists) {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
index 5687ad588a..3e72fb76a7 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -126,11 +128,10 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) addShard(sh *shard.Shard) error {
 
 	e.shards[strID] = shardWrapper{
 		errorCount: new(atomic.Uint32),
+		pool:       pool,
 		Shard:      sh,
 	}
 
-	e.shardPools[strID] = pool
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -153,11 +154,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) removeShards(ids ...string) {
 		ss = append(ss, sh)
 		delete(e.shards, id)
 
-		pool, ok := e.shardPools[id]
-		if ok {
-			pool.Release()
-			delete(e.shardPools, id)
-		}
+		sh.pool.Release()
 
 		e.log.Info("shard has been removed",
 			zap.String("id", id))
@@ -205,13 +202,7 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) unsortedShards() []shardWrapper {
 	e.mtx.RLock()
 	defer e.mtx.RUnlock()
 
-	shards := make([]shardWrapper, 0, len(e.shards))
-
-	for _, sh := range e.shards {
-		shards = append(shards, sh)
-	}
-
-	return shards
+	return slices.Collect(maps.Values(e.shards))
 }
 
 func (e *StorageEngine) getShard(id string) shardWrapper {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards_test.go
index ffb027c9b3..d2eb0a9e8b 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ func TestRemoveShard(t *testing.T) {
 		e.Close()
 	})
 
-	require.Equal(t, numOfShards, len(e.shardPools))
 	require.Equal(t, numOfShards, len(e.shards))
 
 	removedNum := numOfShards / 2
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ func TestRemoveShard(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	require.Equal(t, numOfShards-removedNum, len(e.shardPools))
 	require.Equal(t, numOfShards-removedNum, len(e.shards))
 
 	for id, removed := range mSh {