diff --git a/sdk/data/azcosmos/cosmos_container.go b/sdk/data/azcosmos/cosmos_container.go
index bec7a82bbef2..4d1570192bf6 100644
--- a/sdk/data/azcosmos/cosmos_container.go
+++ b/sdk/data/azcosmos/cosmos_container.go
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ func (c *ContainerClient) Delete(
 	}
 
 	operationContext := pipelineRequestOptions{
-		resourceType:     resourceTypeCollection,
-		resourceAddress:  c.link,
-		isWriteOperation: true,
+		resourceType:    resourceTypeCollection,
+		resourceAddress: c.link,
 	}
 
 	path, err := generatePathForNameBased(resourceTypeCollection, c.link, false)