diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index d4cbafe54..9dd907e11 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ function admin_page_dbsync(App $a)
 		$retval = DBStructure::update(false, true);
 		if ($retval === '') {
 			$o .= L10n::t("Database structure update %s was successfully applied.", DB_UPDATE_VERSION) . "<br />";
-			Config::set('database', 'dbupdate_' . DB_UPDATE_VERSION, 'success');
+			Config::set('database', 'last_successful_update', time());
 		} else {
 			$o .= L10n::t("Executing of database structure update %s failed with error: %s", DB_UPDATE_VERSION, $retval) . "<br />";
 		}
diff --git a/src/Worker/DBUpdate.php b/src/Worker/DBUpdate.php
index fcf07c0b6..ae25760c8 100644
--- a/src/Worker/DBUpdate.php
+++ b/src/Worker/DBUpdate.php
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ class DBUpdate
 {
 	public static function execute()
 	{
-		// We are deleting the latest dbupdate entry.
-		// This is done to avoid endless loops because the update was interupted.
-		Config::delete('database', 'dbupdate_'.DB_UPDATE_VERSION);
-
 		Update::run();
 	}
 }