diff --git a/src/eventlog.js b/src/eventlog.js
index 40aca5714..0a9a397e5 100644
--- a/src/eventlog.js
+++ b/src/eventlog.js
@@ -121,14 +121,7 @@ function cleanup(callback) {
     var d = new Date();
     d.setDate(d.getDate() - 10); // 10 days ago
 
-    // only cleanup high frequency events
-    var actions = [
-        exports.ACTION_USER_LOGIN,
-        exports.ACTION_BACKUP_START,
-        exports.ACTION_BACKUP_FINISH
-    ];
-
-    eventlogdb.delByCreationTime(d, actions, function (error) {
+    eventlogdb.delByCreationTime(d, function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new EventLogError(EventLogError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
         callback(null);
diff --git a/src/eventlogdb.js b/src/eventlogdb.js
index 4cbffe198..8a025c8dd 100644
--- a/src/eventlogdb.js
+++ b/src/eventlogdb.js
@@ -121,15 +121,13 @@ function clear(callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function delByCreationTime(creationTime, actions, callback) {
+function delByCreationTime(creationTime, callback) {
     assert(util.isDate(creationTime));
-    assert(Array.isArray(actions));
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    var query = 'DELETE FROM eventlog WHERE creationTime < ? ';
-    if (actions.length) query += ' AND ( ' + actions.map(function () { return 'action != ?'; }).join(' AND ') + ' ) ';
+    var query = 'DELETE FROM eventlog WHERE creationTime < ?';
 
-    database.query(query, [ creationTime ].concat(actions), function (error) {
+    database.query(query, [ creationTime ], function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
         callback(error);
diff --git a/src/test/database-test.js b/src/test/database-test.js
index bbcc3b324..0635fa29a 100644
--- a/src/test/database-test.js
+++ b/src/test/database-test.js
@@ -1412,17 +1412,12 @@ describe('database', function () {
             }, function (error) {
                 expect(error).to.be(null);
 
-                var actions = [ 'anotherpersistent.event', 'persistent.event' ];
-
-                eventlogdb.delByCreationTime(new Date(), actions, function (error) {
+                eventlogdb.delByCreationTime(new Date(), function (error) {
                     expect(error).to.be(null);
 
                     eventlogdb.getAllPaged([], null, 1, 100, function (error, results) {
                         expect(error).to.be(null);
-                        expect(results.length).to.be(2);
-                        results = results.sort(function (x, y) { return x.action > y.action; }); // because equal timestamp gives random ordering
-                        expect(results[1].action).to.be.eql('persistent.event');
-                        expect(results[0].action).to.be.eql('anotherpersistent.event');
+                        expect(results.length).to.be(0);
 
                         done();
                     });