diff --git a/templates/script/backupmultinodedb.erb.sh b/templates/script/backupmultinodedb.erb.sh
index 4fd97f5..79b6186 100644
--- a/templates/script/backupmultinodedb.erb.sh
+++ b/templates/script/backupmultinodedb.erb.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ bucket="db-backups-multinode"
 mirror="common-<%= @environment %>-mirror"
 echo "Backing up all databases for for multinode customer"
 ssh "${backup}" "sudo /home/script/bin/backup_multinode_db.sh"
-echo "Cleaning up old backups for ${backup}"
-ssh ${backup} "sudo /home/script/bin/purge_backups.sh ${remote_backup_dir}"
 echo "Copying backups here"
 mkdir -p ${backup_dir}
 scp "script@${backup}:${remote_backup_dir}/mariadb-dump*.sql.gz" "${backup_dir}"
diff --git a/templates/scriptreceiver/backup_multinode_db.erb.sh b/templates/scriptreceiver/backup_multinode_db.erb.sh
index f52020b..17478c5 100644
--- a/templates/scriptreceiver/backup_multinode_db.erb.sh
+++ b/templates/scriptreceiver/backup_multinode_db.erb.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ docker exec mariadb_db_1 /scripts/run_manual_backup_dump.sh
 backupdir=/etc/mariadb/backups
 chmod 755 ${backupdir}
 chown -R script:root ${backupdir}
+find  /etc/mariadb/backups/ -mtime +1 -delete