diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/BackupListView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/BackupListView.vue
index 2892e28d8..689b3e9b6 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/BackupListView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/BackupListView.vue
@@ -80,12 +80,8 @@ const trackingBackupTask = ref({});
 const trackingCleanupTask = ref({});
 const sites = ref([]);
 const backupBusy = ref(false);
-const startCleanupError = ref('');
-const startCleanupBusy = ref(false);
 const sitesMenu =  ref([]);
 
-let primarySiteId = null;
-
 async function waitForBackupTask(id) {
   if (!id || (trackingBackupTask.value.id && trackingBackupTask.value.id !== id)) return;
 
@@ -218,39 +214,6 @@ async function onBackup(siteId) {
   window.location.href = '/#/backup-sites';
 }
 
-async function onStartCleanup() {
-  startCleanupBusy.value = true;
-  startCleanupError.value = '';
-
-  const [error] = await backupSitesModel.cleanup(primarySiteId);
-  if (error) {
-    if (error.status === 409) {
-      if (error.body.message.indexOf('full_backup') !== -1) startCleanupError.value = 'Cleanup already in progress. Please retry later.';
-      else startCleanupError.value = 'App task is currently in progress. Please retry later.';
-    }
-
-    startCleanupBusy.value = false;
-    return console.error(error);
-  }
-
-  await refreshTasks();
-
-  startCleanupBusy.value = false;
-}
-
-const stopCleanupBusy = ref(false);
-
-async function onStopCleanup() {
-  stopCleanupBusy.value = true;
-
-  const [error] = await tasksModel.stop(trackingCleanupTask.value.id);
-  if (error) return console.error(error);
-
-  await refreshTasks();
-
-  stopCleanupBusy.value = false;
-}
-
 async function onDownloadConfig(backup) {
   const [error, dashboardConfig] = await dashboardModel.config();
   if (error) return console.error(error);
@@ -320,11 +283,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     };
   });
 
-  const primarySite = result.find(t => t.primary);
-  if (!primarySite) return;
-
-  primarySiteId = primarySite.id;
-
   await refreshBackups();
   await refreshTasks();
   busy.value = false;
@@ -405,21 +363,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         <Button tool secondary :menu="taskLogsMenu" :disabled="!taskLogsMenu.length">{{ $t('main.action.logs') }}</Button>
       </template>
 
-      <SettingsItem>
-        <div style="flex-grow: 1; max-width: unset;">
-          <div v-html="$t('backups.cleanupBackups.description')"></div>
-          <div v-if="trackingCleanupTask.active" style="margin-top: 10px;">
-            <ProgressBar :value="trackingCleanupTask.percent" :busy="true" />
-            <div>{{ trackingCleanupTask.message }}</div>
-          </div>
-          <div class="error-label" v-if="startCleanupError">{{ startCleanupError }}</div>
-        </div>
-        <div style="display: flex; align-items: center">
-          <Button danger @click="onStopCleanup()" v-if="trackingCleanupTask.active" :loading="stopCleanupBusy" :disabled="stopCleanupBusy">{{ $t('backups.listing.stopTask') }}</Button>
-          <Button plain @click="onStartCleanup()" v-else :loading="startCleanupBusy || trackingCleanupTask.active" :disabled="backupBusy || trackingCleanupTask.active">{{ $t('backups.cleanupBackups.cleanupNow') }}</Button>
-        </div>
-      </SettingsItem>
-
       <TableView :columns="columns" :model="backups" :busy="busy" style="margin-top: 30px;" :placeholder="$t('backups.listing.noBackups')">
         <template #preserveSecs="backup">
           <i class="fas fa-archive" v-show="backup.preserveSecs === -1" v-tooltip="$t('backups.listing.tooltipPreservedBackup')"></i>