diff --git a/update_distfiles b/update_distfiles
index d497fda49c..8ae2160fef 100755
--- a/update_distfiles
+++ b/update_distfiles
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ update_local_mirror() {
         --fetch-log-dir="${repo_mirror}/log" \
         --failure-log="${repo_mirror}/log/failure.log" \
         --success-log="${repo_mirror}/log/success.log" \
-        --scheduled-deletion-log="${repo_mirror}/log/deletion.log" \
-        --deletion-db="${repo_mirror}/info/deletion.db" \
         --distfiles-db="${repo_mirror}/info/distfiles.db" \
-        --deletion-delay=$((86400 * 14)) \
         --restrict-mirror-exemptions="gentoo" \
         --temp-dir="${repo_mirror}/tmp" \
         --verify-existing-digest