diff --git a/apps/console/src/pages/organizations/measures/tabs/MeasureEvidencesTab.tsx b/apps/console/src/pages/organizations/measures/tabs/MeasureEvidencesTab.tsx
index 07eb8dcea..a19516a91 100644
--- a/apps/console/src/pages/organizations/measures/tabs/MeasureEvidencesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/console/src/pages/organizations/measures/tabs/MeasureEvidencesTab.tsx
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function EvidenceRow(props: {
           __(
             'This will permanently delete the evidence "%s". This action cannot be undone.'
           ),
-          evidence.file?.fileName
+          evidence.file?.fileName || __("Link evidence")
         ),
       }
     );
diff --git a/pkg/coredata/evidence.go b/pkg/coredata/evidence.go
index 842a02799..c90a812b0 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/evidence.go
+++ b/pkg/coredata/evidence.go
@@ -418,14 +418,13 @@ func (e Evidence) Delete(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	conn pg.Conn,
 	scope Scoper,
-) (*string, error) {
+) error {
 	q := `
 DELETE FROM
     evidences
 WHERE
     %s
     AND id = @evidence_id
-RETURNING evidence_file_id;
 `
 
 	q = fmt.Sprintf(q, scope.SQLFragment())
@@ -437,19 +436,8 @@ RETURNING evidence_file_id;
 	err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, q, args).Scan(&evidenceFileId)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete evidence: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete evidence: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if evidenceFileId != nil {
-		var err error
-		var fileKey *string
-		file := &File{ID: *evidenceFileId}
-		if fileKey, err = file.HardDelete(ctx, conn, scope); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to hard delete evidence file: %w", err)
-		}
-		return fileKey, nil
-
-	}
-
-	return nil, err
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/probo/evidence_service.go b/pkg/probo/evidence_service.go
index 8cd052847..977912351 100644
--- a/pkg/probo/evidence_service.go
+++ b/pkg/probo/evidence_service.go
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ func (s EvidenceService) UploadMeasureEvidence(
 			var file *coredata.File
 			var err error
 
+			if err := measure.LoadByID(ctx, conn, s.svc.scope, req.MeasureID); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot load measure %q: %w", req.MeasureID, err)
+			}
+
 			file, err = s.svc.Files.UploadAndSaveFile(
 				ctx,
 				s.fileValidator,
@@ -108,11 +112,6 @@ func (s EvidenceService) UploadMeasureEvidence(
 			}
 
 			evidence.EvidenceFileId = &file.ID
-
-			if err := measure.LoadByID(ctx, conn, s.svc.scope, req.MeasureID); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot load measure %q: %w", req.MeasureID, err)
-			}
-
 			evidence.MeasureID = req.MeasureID
 
 			if err := evidence.Insert(ctx, conn, s.svc.scope); err != nil {
@@ -243,18 +242,13 @@ func (s *EvidenceService) Delete(
 ) error {
 	evidence := &coredata.Evidence{ID: evidenceID}
 
-	return s.svc.pg.WithTx(
+	return s.svc.pg.WithConn(
 		ctx,
 		func(conn pg.Conn) error {
-			var fileKey *string
-			var err error
-
-			if fileKey, err = evidence.Delete(ctx, conn, s.svc.scope); err != nil {
+			err := evidence.Delete(ctx, conn, s.svc.scope)
+			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot delete evidence: %w", err)
 			}
-			if err = s.svc.Files.DeleteFileFromS3(ctx, *fileKey); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 
 			return nil
 		},