diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
index 21833318..a3a02b8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/DatabaseCleaner.java
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public class DatabaseCleaner {
 				sub.setFeed(into);
 			}
 			feedSubscriptionDAO.saveOrUpdate(subs);
-			feedDAO.deleteRelationships(feed);
 			feedDAO.delete(feed);
 		}
 		feedDAO.saveOrUpdate(into);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
index 78b6884b..4b08b7f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.ejb.Stateless;
-import javax.persistence.Query;
 import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.Expression;
@@ -87,12 +86,6 @@ public class FeedDAO extends GenericDAO<Feed> {
 		return findByField(Feed_.pushTopicHash, DigestUtils.sha1Hex(topic));
 	}
 
-	public void deleteRelationships(Feed feed) {
-		Query relationshipDeleteQuery = em.createNamedQuery("Feed.deleteEntryRelationships");
-		relationshipDeleteQuery.setParameter("feedId", feed.getId());
-		relationshipDeleteQuery.executeUpdate();
-	}
-
 	public int deleteWithoutSubscriptions(int max) {
 		CriteriaQuery<Feed> query = builder.createQuery(getType());
 		Root<Feed> root = query.from(getType());
@@ -105,10 +98,7 @@ public class FeedDAO extends GenericDAO<Feed> {
 		List<Feed> list = q.getResultList();
 		int deleted = list.size();
 
-		for (Feed feed : list) {
-			deleteRelationships(feed);
-			delete(feed);
-		}
+		delete(list);
 		return deleted;
 
 	}