diff --git a/common/persistence/cassandra/history_store.go b/common/persistence/cassandra/history_store.go
index 695f0e0bee43..a7ec87aa3294 100644
--- a/common/persistence/cassandra/history_store.go
+++ b/common/persistence/cassandra/history_store.go
@@ -285,20 +285,16 @@ func (h *HistoryStore) DeleteHistoryBranch(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	request *p.InternalDeleteHistoryBranchRequest,
 ) error {
-	branch, err := h.GetHistoryBranchUtil().ParseHistoryBranchInfo(request.BranchToken)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	batch := h.Session.NewBatch(gocql.LoggedBatch).WithContext(ctx)
-	batch.Query(v2templateDeleteBranch, branch.TreeId, branch.BranchId)
+	batch.Query(v2templateDeleteBranch, request.BranchInfo.TreeId, request.BranchInfo.BranchId)
 
 	// delete each branch range
 	for _, br := range request.BranchRanges {
-		h.deleteBranchRangeNodes(batch, branch.TreeId, br.BranchId, br.BeginNodeId)
+		h.deleteBranchRangeNodes(batch, request.BranchInfo.TreeId, br.BranchId, br.BeginNodeId)
 	}
 
-	err = h.Session.ExecuteBatch(batch)
+	err := h.Session.ExecuteBatch(batch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return gocql.ConvertError("DeleteHistoryBranch", err)
 	}
diff --git a/common/persistence/history_manager.go b/common/persistence/history_manager.go
index 9c17fd6389ba..f02a241318bd 100644
--- a/common/persistence/history_manager.go
+++ b/common/persistence/history_manager.go
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ func (m *executionManagerImpl) ForkHistoryBranch(
 	}
 
 	req := &InternalForkHistoryBranchRequest{
-		BranchToken:    request.ForkBranchToken,
 		ForkBranchInfo: forkBranch,
 		TreeInfo:       treeInfoBlob,
 		ForkNodeID:     request.ForkNodeID,
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ findDeleteRanges:
 	}
 
 	req := &InternalDeleteHistoryBranchRequest{
-		BranchToken:  request.BranchToken,
+		BranchInfo:   branch,
 		ShardID:      request.ShardID,
 		BranchRanges: deleteRanges,
 	}
diff --git a/common/persistence/persistenceInterface.go b/common/persistence/persistenceInterface.go
index b915e16b0b50..d9f10259e7a1 100644
--- a/common/persistence/persistenceInterface.go
+++ b/common/persistence/persistenceInterface.go
@@ -507,8 +507,6 @@ type (
 
 	// InternalForkHistoryBranchRequest is used to fork a history branch
 	InternalForkHistoryBranchRequest struct {
-		// The raw branch token
-		BranchToken []byte
 		// The base branch to fork from
 		ForkBranchInfo *persistencespb.HistoryBranch
 		// Serialized TreeInfo
@@ -539,8 +537,8 @@ type (
 
 	// InternalDeleteHistoryBranchRequest is used to remove a history branch
 	InternalDeleteHistoryBranchRequest struct {
-		// The raw branch token
-		BranchToken []byte
+		// The branch
+		BranchInfo *persistencespb.HistoryBranch
 		// Used in sharded data stores to identify which shard to use
 		ShardID int32
 		// branch ranges is used to delete range of history nodes from target branch and it ancestors.
diff --git a/common/persistence/sql/history_store.go b/common/persistence/sql/history_store.go
index db8836051d7f..35e9ae78f3b6 100644
--- a/common/persistence/sql/history_store.go
+++ b/common/persistence/sql/history_store.go
@@ -350,16 +350,11 @@ func (m *sqlExecutionStore) DeleteHistoryBranch(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	request *p.InternalDeleteHistoryBranchRequest,
 ) error {
-	branch, err := m.GetHistoryBranchUtil().ParseHistoryBranchInfo(request.BranchToken)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	branchIDBytes, err := primitives.ParseUUID(branch.BranchId)
+	branchIDBytes, err := primitives.ParseUUID(request.BranchInfo.BranchId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	treeIDBytes, err := primitives.ParseUUID(branch.TreeId)
+	treeIDBytes, err := primitives.ParseUUID(request.BranchInfo.TreeId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}