Never mind. Do what was planned for you.
There are so much things that were lost in the transition from SD to MD, soft delete is only one element among others:
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removal of signatures (for proof of ownership transfer and optionally proof of acceptance)
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owner key having a coarser granularity than unit of modification
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multiple owners not possible anymore
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file datamap not stored directly in the directory object (its name is stored instead)
IMO SDs were better than MDs, but this is a lost cause for me and changing only one element is of no use.