diff --git a/lib/helpers/model/applyHooks.js b/lib/helpers/model/applyHooks.js
index 7ed7895d4b3..093b037b39a 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/model/applyHooks.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/model/applyHooks.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function applyHooks(model, schema, options) {
 
   objToDecorate.$__originalValidate = objToDecorate.$__originalValidate || objToDecorate.$__validate;
 
-  for (const method of ['save', 'validate', 'remove', 'deleteOne']) {
+  for (const method of ['save', 'validate', 'remove']) {
     const toWrap = method === 'validate' ? '$__originalValidate' : `$__${method}`;
     const wrapped = middleware.
       createWrapper(method, objToDecorate[toWrap], null, kareemOptions);
diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 052414d2b76..72e59acf279 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -1009,53 +1009,25 @@ Model.prototype.deleteOne = async function deleteOne(options) {
     options = {};
   }
 
-  if (options.hasOwnProperty('session')) {
-    this.$session(options.session);
+  if (!this._id) {
+    throw new Error('No _id found on document!')
   }
-
-  const res = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    this.$__deleteOne(options, (err, res) => {
-      if (err != null) {
-        return reject(err);
-      }
-      resolve(res);
-    });
-  });
-
-  return res;
-};
-
-/*!
- * ignore
- */
-
-Model.prototype.$__deleteOne = function $__deleteOne(options, cb) {
   if (this.$__.isDeleted) {
-    return immediate(() => cb(null, this));
-  }
-
-  const where = this.$__where();
-  if (where instanceof MongooseError) {
-    return cb(where);
+    return;
   }
+  const self = this;
+  const query = self.constructor.deleteOne(options);
+  query.pre(function queryPreDeleteOne(cb) {
+    self.constructor._middleware.execPre('deleteOne', self, [self], cb);
+  });
+  query.post(function queryPostDeleteOne(cb) {
+    self.constructor._middleware.execPost('deleteOne', self, [self], {}, cb);
+  });
 
-  _applyCustomWhere(this, where);
-
-  const session = this.$session();
-  if (!options.hasOwnProperty('session')) {
-    options.session = session;
+  if (options.hasOwnProperty('session')) {
+    self.$session(options.session);
   }
-
-  this[modelCollectionSymbol].deleteOne(where, options, err => {
-    if (!err) {
-      this.$__.isDeleted = true;
-      this.$emit('deleteOne', this);
-      this.constructor.emit('deleteOne', this);
-      return cb(null, this);
-    }
-    this.$__.isDeleted = false;
-    cb(err);
-  });
+  return query;
 };
 
 /**