diff --git a/src/routes/api/cleanup.js b/src/routes/api/cleanup.js
index d94f0c67a..5726f8b3c 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/cleanup.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/cleanup.js
@@ -1,46 +1,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const sql = require('../../services/sql');
-const utils = require('../../services/utils');
-const syncTable = require('../../services/sync_table');
 const log = require('../../services/log');
 const repository = require('../../services/repository');
 
-async function cleanupSoftDeletedItems() {
-    const noteIdsToDelete = await sql.getColumn("SELECT noteId FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 1");
-    const noteIdsSql = noteIdsToDelete
-        .map(noteId => "'" + utils.sanitizeSql(noteId) + "'")
-        .join(', ');
-
-    await sql.execute(`DELETE FROM event_log WHERE noteId IN (${noteIdsSql})`);
-
-    await sql.execute(`DELETE FROM note_revisions WHERE noteId IN (${noteIdsSql})`);
-
-    await sql.execute(`DELETE FROM note_images WHERE noteId IN (${noteIdsSql})`);
-
-    await sql.execute(`DELETE FROM labels WHERE noteId IN (${noteIdsSql})`);
-
-    await sql.execute("DELETE FROM branches WHERE isDeleted = 1");
-
-    await sql.execute("DELETE FROM note_images WHERE isDeleted = 1");
-
-    await sql.execute("DELETE FROM images WHERE isDeleted = 1");
-
-    await sql.execute("DELETE FROM notes WHERE isDeleted = 1");
-
-    await sql.execute("DELETE FROM recent_notes");
-
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("notes", "noteId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("branches", "branchId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("note_revisions", "noteRevisionId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("recent_notes", "branchId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("images", "imageId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("note_images", "noteImageId");
-    await syncTable.cleanupSyncRowsForMissingEntities("labels", "labelId");
-
-    log.info("Following notes has been completely cleaned from database: " + noteIdsSql);
-}
-
 async function cleanupUnusedImages() {
     const unusedImageIds = await sql.getColumn(`
       SELECT images.imageId 
@@ -67,7 +30,6 @@ async function vacuumDatabase() {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-    cleanupSoftDeletedItems,
     cleanupUnusedImages,
     vacuumDatabase
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index 92f7308fc..aa3663bc1 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ function register(app) {
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/sql/execute', sqlRoute.execute);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/anonymization/anonymize', anonymizationRoute.anonymize);
 
-    apiRoute(POST, '/api/cleanup/cleanup-soft-deleted-items', cleanupRoute.cleanupSoftDeletedItems);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/cleanup/cleanup-unused-images', cleanupRoute.cleanupUnusedImages);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/cleanup/vacuum-database', cleanupRoute.vacuumDatabase);
 
diff --git a/src/views/index.ejs b/src/views/index.ejs
index b8d931653..1d707d15f 100644
--- a/src/views/index.ejs
+++ b/src/views/index.ejs
@@ -461,14 +461,7 @@
 
             This means that some images can disappear from note revisions.</p>
 
-          <button id="cleanup-unused-images-button" class="btn btn-warning btn-sm">Permanently cleanup unused images</button>
-
-          <h4>Soft-delete cleanup</h4>
-
-          <p>This deletes all soft deleted rows from the database. This change isn't synced and should be done manually on all instances.
-            <strong>Use this only if you really know what you're doing.</strong></p>
-
-          <button id="cleanup-soft-deleted-items-button" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm">Permanently cleanup soft-deleted items</button>
+          <button id="cleanup-unused-images-button" class="btn btn-sm">Permanently cleanup unused images</button>
 
           <h4>Vacuum database</h4>