diff --git a/mapper/javabean/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/javabean/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java b/mapper/javabean/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/javabean/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
index 79c4357aa50..881923187ad 100644
--- a/mapper/javabean/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/javabean/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
+++ b/mapper/javabean/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/javabean/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public void delete(Object entity) {
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete(Object providedId, Object entity) {
-		delegate.delete( getTypeIdentifier( entity ), providedId, entity );
+		// TODO HSEARCH-3891 expose the providedRoutingKey
+		delegate.delete( getTypeIdentifier( entity ), providedId, null, entity );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/event/impl/HibernateSearchEventListener.java b/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/event/impl/HibernateSearchEventListener.java
index 68c68b892d3..75e8e744f6f 100644
--- a/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/event/impl/HibernateSearchEventListener.java
+++ b/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/event/impl/HibernateSearchEventListener.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void onPostDelete(PostDeleteEvent event) {
 			// TODO Check whether deletes work with hibernate.use_identifier_rollback enabled (see HSEARCH-650)
 			// I think they should, but better safe than sorry
 			getCurrentIndexingPlan( contextProvider, event.getSession() )
-					.delete( typeContext.typeIdentifier(), providedId, entity );
+					.delete( typeContext.typeIdentifier(), providedId, null, entity );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java b/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
index 25901dd5d17..185d859eb77 100644
--- a/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
+++ b/mapper/orm/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/orm/work/impl/SearchIndexingPlanImpl.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void addOrUpdate(Object entity) {
 	@Override
 	public void delete(Object entity) {
 		sessionContext.currentIndexingPlan( true )
-				.delete( getTypeIdentifier( entity ), null, entity );
+				.delete( getTypeIdentifier( entity ), null, null, entity );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan.java b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan.java
index e7115910db5..c82f15811d7 100644
--- a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan.java
+++ b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan {
 
 	abstract void update(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity, String... dirtyPaths);
 
-	abstract void delete(Object providedId, Object entity);
+	abstract void delete(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity);
 
 	abstract void purge(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey);
 
diff --git a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoContainedTypeIndexingPlan.java b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoContainedTypeIndexingPlan.java
index 1c9e90d309a..6c0fb058f6e 100644
--- a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoContainedTypeIndexingPlan.java
+++ b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoContainedTypeIndexingPlan.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void update(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity, String.
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	void delete(Object providedId, Object entity) {
+	void delete(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity) {
 		Supplier<E> entitySupplier = typeContext.toEntitySupplier( sessionContext, entity );
 		getPlan( providedId ).delete( entitySupplier );
 	}
diff --git a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexedTypeIndexingPlan.java b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexedTypeIndexingPlan.java
index 431146e8e61..803beb2601d 100644
--- a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexedTypeIndexingPlan.java
+++ b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexedTypeIndexingPlan.java
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ void update(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity, String.
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	void delete(Object providedId, Object entity) {
+	void delete(Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity) {
 		Supplier<E> entitySupplier = typeContext.toEntitySupplier( sessionContext, entity );
 		I identifier = typeContext.getIdentifierMapping().getIdentifier( providedId, entitySupplier );
-		getPlan( identifier ).delete( entitySupplier );
+		getPlan( identifier ).delete( entitySupplier, providedRoutingKey );
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ void updateBecauseOfContained(Supplier<E> entitySupplier) {
 			 */
 		}
 
-		void delete(Supplier<E> entitySupplier) {
+		void delete(Supplier<E> entitySupplier, String providedRoutingKey) {
 			this.entitySupplier = entitySupplier;
-			providedRoutingKey = null;
+			this.providedRoutingKey = providedRoutingKey;
 			if ( add && !delete ) {
 				/*
 				 * We called add() in the same plan, so we don't expect the document to be in the index.
diff --git a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexingPlanImpl.java b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexingPlanImpl.java
index e45f802a656..942a2231fc5 100644
--- a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexingPlanImpl.java
+++ b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/impl/PojoIndexingPlanImpl.java
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public void addOrUpdate(PojoRawTypeIdentifier<?> typeIdentifier, Object provided
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void delete(PojoRawTypeIdentifier<?> typeIdentifier, Object providedId, Object entity) {
+	public void delete(PojoRawTypeIdentifier<?> typeIdentifier, Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity) {
 		AbstractPojoTypeIndexingPlan delegate = getDelegate( typeIdentifier );
-		delegate.delete( providedId, entity );
+		delegate.delete( providedId, providedRoutingKey, entity );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/spi/PojoIndexingPlan.java b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/spi/PojoIndexingPlan.java
index 156f8f47ea8..c40eea0c0f6 100644
--- a/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/spi/PojoIndexingPlan.java
+++ b/mapper/pojo-base/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/mapper/pojo/work/spi/PojoIndexingPlan.java
@@ -89,9 +89,12 @@ public interface PojoIndexingPlan<R> {
 	 * @param providedId A value to extract the document ID from.
 	 * Generally the expected value is the entity ID, but a different value may be expected depending on the mapping.
 	 * If {@code null}, Hibernate Search will attempt to extract the ID from the entity.
+	 * @param providedRoutingKey The routing key to route the delete request to the appropriate index shard.
+	 * Leave {@code null} if sharding is disabled
+	 * or to have Hibernate Search compute the value through the assigned {@link org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.bridge.RoutingKeyBridge}.
 	 * @param entity The entity to delete from the index.
 	 */
-	void delete(PojoRawTypeIdentifier<?> typeIdentifier, Object providedId, Object entity);
+	void delete(PojoRawTypeIdentifier<?> typeIdentifier, Object providedId, String providedRoutingKey, Object entity);
 
 	/**
 	 * Purge an entity from the index.