diff --git a/src/api/admin/bucket.rs b/src/api/admin/bucket.rs
index 966546bb..7f89d4b2 100644
--- a/src/api/admin/bucket.rs
+++ b/src/api/admin/bucket.rs
@@ -82,15 +82,56 @@ impl RequestHandler for GetBucketInfoRequest {
 		let bucket_id = match (self.id, self.global_alias, self.search) {
 			(Some(id), None, None) => parse_bucket_id(&id)?,
 			(None, Some(ga), None) => garage
-				.bucket_helper()
-				.resolve_global_bucket_name(&ga)
+				.bucket_alias_table
+				.get(&EmptyKey, &ga)
 				.await?
+				.and_then(|x| *x.state.get())
 				.ok_or_else(|| HelperError::NoSuchBucket(ga.to_string()))?,
 			(None, None, Some(search)) => {
-				garage
-					.bucket_helper()
-					.admin_get_existing_matching_bucket(&search)
-					.await?
+				let helper = garage.bucket_helper();
+				if let Some(uuid) = helper.resolve_global_bucket_name(&search).await? {
+					uuid
+				} else {
+					let hexdec = if search.len() >= 2 {
+						search
+							.get(..search.len() & !1)
+							.and_then(|x| hex::decode(x).ok())
+					} else {
+						None
+					};
+					let hex = hexdec
+						.ok_or_else(|| Error::Common(CommonError::NoSuchBucket(search.clone())))?;
+
+					let mut start = [0u8; 32];
+					start
+						.as_mut_slice()
+						.get_mut(..hex.len())
+						.ok_or_bad_request("invalid length")?
+						.copy_from_slice(&hex);
+					let mut candidates = garage
+						.bucket_table
+						.get_range(
+							&EmptyKey,
+							Some(start.into()),
+							Some(DeletedFilter::NotDeleted),
+							10,
+							EnumerationOrder::Forward,
+						)
+						.await?
+						.into_iter()
+						.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+					candidates.retain(|x| hex::encode(x.id).starts_with(&search));
+					if candidates.is_empty() {
+						return Err(Error::Common(CommonError::NoSuchBucket(search.clone())));
+					} else if candidates.len() == 1 {
+						candidates.into_iter().next().unwrap().id
+					} else {
+						return Err(Error::bad_request(format!(
+							"Several matching buckets: {}",
+							search
+						)));
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			_ => {
 				return Err(Error::bad_request(
diff --git a/src/model/helper/bucket.rs b/src/model/helper/bucket.rs
index fe86c9d9..a712d683 100644
--- a/src/model/helper/bucket.rs
+++ b/src/model/helper/bucket.rs
@@ -67,56 +67,6 @@ impl<'a> BucketHelper<'a> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/// Find a bucket by its global alias or a prefix of its uuid
-	pub async fn admin_get_existing_matching_bucket(
-		&self,
-		pattern: &String,
-	) -> Result<Uuid, Error> {
-		if let Some(uuid) = self.resolve_global_bucket_name(pattern).await? {
-			Ok(uuid)
-		} else {
-			let hexdec = if pattern.len() >= 2 {
-				pattern
-					.get(..pattern.len() & !1)
-					.and_then(|x| hex::decode(x).ok())
-			} else {
-				None
-			};
-			let hex = hexdec.ok_or_else(|| Error::NoSuchBucket(pattern.clone()))?;
-
-			let mut start = [0u8; 32];
-			start
-				.as_mut_slice()
-				.get_mut(..hex.len())
-				.ok_or_bad_request("invalid length")?
-				.copy_from_slice(&hex);
-			let mut candidates = self
-				.0
-				.bucket_table
-				.get_range(
-					&EmptyKey,
-					Some(start.into()),
-					Some(DeletedFilter::NotDeleted),
-					10,
-					EnumerationOrder::Forward,
-				)
-				.await?
-				.into_iter()
-				.collect::<Vec<_>>();
-			candidates.retain(|x| hex::encode(x.id).starts_with(pattern));
-			if candidates.is_empty() {
-				Err(Error::NoSuchBucket(pattern.clone()))
-			} else if candidates.len() == 1 {
-				Ok(candidates.into_iter().next().unwrap().id)
-			} else {
-				Err(Error::BadRequest(format!(
-					"Several matching buckets: {}",
-					pattern
-				)))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	/// Returns a Bucket if it is present in bucket table,
 	/// even if it is in deleted state. Querying a non-existing
 	/// bucket ID returns an internal error.