diff --git a/moto/s3/models.py b/moto/s3/models.py
index 8c2a86f41..aede52d26 100644
--- a/moto/s3/models.py
+++ b/moto/s3/models.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import six
 from bisect import insort
 from moto.core import ACCOUNT_ID, BaseBackend, BaseModel
 from moto.core.utils import iso_8601_datetime_with_milliseconds, rfc_1123_datetime
+from moto.utilities.tagging_service import TaggingService
 from .exceptions import (
     BucketAlreadyExists,
     MissingBucket,
@@ -787,7 +788,6 @@ class FakeBucket(BaseModel):
         self.policy = None
         self.website_configuration = None
         self.acl = get_canned_acl("private")
-        self.tags = FakeTagging()
         self.cors = []
         self.logging = {}
         self.notification_configuration = None
@@ -1085,6 +1085,10 @@ class FakeBucket(BaseModel):
     def set_acl(self, acl):
         self.acl = acl
 
+    @property
+    def arn(self):
+        return "arn:aws:s3:::{}".format(self.name)
+
     @property
     def physical_resource_id(self):
         return self.name
@@ -1110,7 +1114,7 @@ class FakeBucket(BaseModel):
                 int(time.mktime(self.creation_date.timetuple()))
             ),  # PY2 and 3 compatible
             "configurationItemMD5Hash": "",
-            "arn": "arn:aws:s3:::{}".format(self.name),
+            "arn": self.arn,
             "resourceType": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
             "resourceId": self.name,
             "resourceName": self.name,
@@ -1119,7 +1123,7 @@ class FakeBucket(BaseModel):
             "resourceCreationTime": str(self.creation_date),
             "relatedEvents": [],
             "relationships": [],
-            "tags": {tag.key: tag.value for tag in self.tagging.tag_set.tags},
+            "tags": s3_backend.tagger.get_tag_dict_for_resource(self.arn),
             "configuration": {
                 "name": self.name,
                 "owner": {"id": OWNER},
@@ -1181,6 +1185,7 @@ class S3Backend(BaseBackend):
     def __init__(self):
         self.buckets = {}
         self.account_public_access_block = None
+        self.tagger = TaggingService()
 
     def create_bucket(self, bucket_name, region_name):
         if bucket_name in self.buckets:
@@ -1357,16 +1362,24 @@ class S3Backend(BaseBackend):
         key.set_tagging(tagging)
         return key
 
+    def get_bucket_tags(self, bucket_name):
+        bucket = self.get_bucket(bucket_name)
+        return self.tagger.list_tags_for_resource(bucket.arn)
+
     def put_bucket_tagging(self, bucket_name, tagging):
         tag_keys = [tag.key for tag in tagging.tag_set.tags]
         if len(tag_keys) != len(set(tag_keys)):
             raise DuplicateTagKeys()
         bucket = self.get_bucket(bucket_name)
-        bucket.set_tags(tagging)
+        self.tagger.delete_all_tags_for_resource(bucket.arn)
+        self.tagger.tag_resource(
+            bucket.arn,
+            [{"Key": tag.key, "Value": tag.value} for tag in tagging.tag_set.tags],
+        )
 
     def delete_bucket_tagging(self, bucket_name):
         bucket = self.get_bucket(bucket_name)
-        bucket.delete_tags()
+        self.tagger.delete_all_tags_for_resource(bucket.arn)
 
     def put_bucket_cors(self, bucket_name, cors_rules):
         bucket = self.get_bucket(bucket_name)
diff --git a/moto/s3/responses.py b/moto/s3/responses.py
index 197cd9080..f3a5eeaac 100644
--- a/moto/s3/responses.py
+++ b/moto/s3/responses.py
@@ -378,13 +378,13 @@ class ResponseObject(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
             template = self.response_template(S3_OBJECT_ACL_RESPONSE)
             return template.render(obj=bucket)
         elif "tagging" in querystring:
-            bucket = self.backend.get_bucket(bucket_name)
+            tags = self.backend.get_bucket_tags(bucket_name)["Tags"]
             # "Special Error" if no tags:
-            if len(bucket.tagging.tag_set.tags) == 0:
+            if len(tags) == 0:
                 template = self.response_template(S3_NO_BUCKET_TAGGING)
                 return 404, {}, template.render(bucket_name=bucket_name)
             template = self.response_template(S3_BUCKET_TAGGING_RESPONSE)
-            return template.render(bucket=bucket)
+            return template.render(tags=tags)
         elif "logging" in querystring:
             bucket = self.backend.get_bucket(bucket_name)
             if not bucket.logging:
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ S3_OBJECT_TAGGING_RESPONSE = """\
 S3_BUCKET_TAGGING_RESPONSE = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Tagging>
   <TagSet>
-    {% for tag in bucket.tagging.tag_set.tags %}
+    {% for tag in tags %}
     <Tag>
       <Key>{{ tag.key }}</Key>
       <Value>{{ tag.value }}</Value>
diff --git a/moto/utilities/tagging_service.py b/moto/utilities/tagging_service.py
index 89b857277..8c3228552 100644
--- a/moto/utilities/tagging_service.py
+++ b/moto/utilities/tagging_service.py
@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@ class TaggingService:
         self.valueName = valueName
         self.tags = {}
 
+    def get_tag_dict_for_resource(self, arn):
+        result = {}
+        if self.has_tags(arn):
+            for k, v in self.tags[arn].items():
+                result[k] = v
+        return result
+
     def list_tags_for_resource(self, arn):
         result = []
-        if arn in self.tags:
+        if self.has_tags(arn):
             for k, v in self.tags[arn].items():
                 result.append({self.keyName: k, self.valueName: v})
         return {self.tagName: result}
 
     def delete_all_tags_for_resource(self, arn):
-        del self.tags[arn]
+        if self.has_tags(arn):
+            del self.tags[arn]
 
     def has_tags(self, arn):
         return arn in self.tags