diff --git a/src/controllers/version.rs b/src/controllers/version.rs
index 714e17378f..f0d9caa082 100644
--- a/src/controllers/version.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/version.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod delete;
 pub mod deprecated;
 pub mod downloads;
 pub mod metadata;
diff --git a/src/controllers/version/delete.rs b/src/controllers/version/delete.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cf47db89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/version/delete.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+//! Functionality related to deleting a crate.
+
+use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
+use diesel::dsl::count_star;
+
+use crate::controllers::cargo_prelude::*;
+
+use crate::schema::*;
+use crate::util::errors::internal;
+use crate::views::{EncodableCrate, GoodCrate, PublishWarnings};
+
+use super::version_and_crate;
+
+/// Handles the `DELETE /crates/:crate_id/:version` route.
+///
+/// Actually deletion is allowed only in the first 24 hours from creation
+pub async fn delete(
+    app: AppState,
+    Path((crate_name, semver)): Path<(String, String)>,
+) -> AppResult<Json<GoodCrate>> {
+    let conn = app.db_read()?;
+    let (version, krate) = version_and_crate(&conn, &crate_name, &semver)?;
+
+    if Utc::now()
+        .naive_utc()
+        .signed_duration_since(version.created_at)
+        > Duration::hours(24)
+    {
+        return Err(cargo_err(
+            "Version deletion is allowed only in the first 24 hours from creation",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Create a transaction on the database, if there are no errors,
+    // commit the transactions to delete the version.
+    // If there are no remaining versions, delete the crate
+    conn.transaction(|| {
+        diesel::delete(versions::table.find(version.id)).execute(&*conn)?;
+
+        let top_versions = krate.top_versions(&conn)?;
+
+        // we can't check top_versions to know if there aren't remaining versions
+        // because it excludes yanked versions
+        let remaining: i64 = versions::table
+            .filter(versions::crate_id.eq(krate.id))
+            .select(count_star())
+            .first(&*conn)
+            .optional()?
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        if remaining <= 0 {
+            diesel::delete(crates::table.find(krate.id)).execute(&*conn)?;
+
+            let uploader = app.config.uploader();
+            uploader
+                .delete_index(app.http_client(), &krate.name)
+                .map_err(|e| internal(format_args!("failed to delete crate: {e}")))?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(Json(GoodCrate {
+            krate: EncodableCrate::from_minimal(krate, Some(&top_versions), None, true, None),
+            warnings: PublishWarnings {
+                invalid_categories: vec![],
+                invalid_badges: vec![],
+                other: vec![],
+            },
+        }))
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/router.rs b/src/router.rs
index 40a06fccd0..f6bbcbff09 100644
--- a/src/router.rs
+++ b/src/router.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ pub fn build_axum_router(state: AppState) -> Router {
                 .put(krate::owners::add_owners)
                 .delete(krate::owners::remove_owners),
         )
+        .route(
+            "/api/v1/crates/:crate_id/:version",
+            delete(version::delete::delete),
+        )
         .route(
             "/api/v1/crates/:crate_id/:version/yank",
             delete(version::yank::yank),