diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/support/SimpleKeyValueRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/support/SimpleKeyValueRepository.java
index 52d90c8..ddf6610 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/support/SimpleKeyValueRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/support/SimpleKeyValueRepository.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class SimpleKeyValueRepository<T, ID> implements KeyValueRepository<T, ID
 
 		Assert.notNull(entity, "The given entity must not be null!");
 
-		deleteById(entityInformation.getRequiredId(entity));
+		operations.delete(entity);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests.java
index e732431..61c5b7d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/repository/SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.PersistentEntityInformat
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Eugene Nikiforov
  * @author Jens Schauder
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 class SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests {
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class SimpleKeyValueRepositoryUnitTests {
 		repo.save(one);
 		repo.delete(one);
 
-		verify(opsMock, times(1)).delete(eq(one.getId()), eq(Foo.class));
+		verify(opsMock, times(1)).delete(eq(one));
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATACMNS-525