diff --git a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
index d1393f5..4340a75 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/auth"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3api/utils"
-	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3err"
 	"github.com/versity/versitygw/s3response"
 )
 
@@ -615,15 +614,6 @@ func (c S3ApiController) ListObjects(ctx fiber.Ctx) (*Response, error) {
 		region = defaultRegion
 	}
 
-	// start-after is a ListObjectsV2 argument, S3 rejects it on a V1 listing
-	if ctx.Query("start-after") != "" {
-		return &Response{
-			MetaOpts: &MetaOptions{
-				BucketOwner: parsedAcl.Owner,
-			},
-		}, s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, "")
-	}
-
 	err := c.verifyAccess(ctx, auth.AccessOptions{
 		Acl:             parsedAcl,
 		AclPermission:   auth.PermissionRead,
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
index 8770150..ac29089 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/bucket-get_test.go
@@ -1195,24 +1195,6 @@ func TestS3ApiController_ListObjects(t *testing.T) {
 				err: s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrAccessDenied),
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "start-after is not supported",
-			input: testInput{
-				locals: defaultLocals,
-				beRes:  listResult,
-				queries: map[string]string{
-					"start-after": "my-key",
-				},
-			},
-			output: testOutput{
-				response: &Response{
-					MetaOpts: &MetaOptions{
-						BucketOwner: "root",
-					},
-				},
-				err: s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, ""),
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid max keys",
 			input: testInput{
diff --git a/tests/integration/ListObjects.go b/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
index 59fdfe4..31dfead 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
+++ b/tests/integration/ListObjects.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ package integration
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
@@ -195,33 +193,6 @@ func ListObjects_invalid_max_keys(s *S3Conf) error {
 	})
 }
 
-// start-after belongs to ListObjectsV2, so S3 rejects it on a V1 listing
-// instead of ignoring it. The SDK ListObjects input has no StartAfter field,
-// so the request is signed and sent by hand.
-func ListObjects_start_after(s *S3Conf) error {
-	testName := "ListObjects_start_after"
-	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
-		_, err := putObjects(s3client, []string{"bar", "baz", "foo"}, bucket)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		req, err := createSignedReq(http.MethodGet, s.endpoint,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%v?start-after=bar", bucket),
-			s.awsID, s.awsSecret, "s3", s.awsRegion, "", nil, time.Now(), nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		resp, err := s.httpClient.Do(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return checkHTTPResponseApiErr(resp, s3err.GetInvalidArgumentErr(s3err.InvalidArgStartAfter, ""))
-	})
-}
-
 func ListObjects_max_keys_0(s *S3Conf) error {
 	testName := "ListObjects_max_keys_0"
 	return actionHandler(s, testName, func(s3client *s3.Client, bucket string) error {
diff --git a/tests/integration/group-tests.go b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
index 940ae16..c0f8261 100644
--- a/tests/integration/group-tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/group-tests.go
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ func TestListObjects(ts *TestState) {
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_truncated)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_paginated)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_invalid_max_keys)
-	ts.Run(ListObjects_start_after)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_max_keys_0)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_exceeding_max_keys)
 	ts.Run(ListObjects_delimiter)
@@ -3154,7 +3153,6 @@ func GetIntTests() IntTests {
 		"ListObjects_truncated":                                                            ListObjects_truncated,
 		"ListObjects_paginated":                                                            ListObjects_paginated,
 		"ListObjects_invalid_max_keys":                                                     ListObjects_invalid_max_keys,
-		"ListObjects_start_after":                                                          ListObjects_start_after,
 		"ListObjects_max_keys_0":                                                           ListObjects_max_keys_0,
 		"ListObjects_delimiter":                                                            ListObjects_delimiter,
 		"ListObjects_max_keys_none":                                                        ListObjects_max_keys_none,
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
index 7fe13ab..8f30c9b 100644
--- a/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_list_objects.sh
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ source ./tests/drivers/objects_and_versions.sh
 
 # tags: curl,ListObjects,start-after,invalid-query
 @test "ListObjectsV1 - start-after - error" {
+  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
+    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/2004"
+  fi
   run setup_bucket_and_files_v3 "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" 2
   assert_success
   read -r bucket_name file_one file_two <<< "$output"