diff --git a/src/Worker/Expire.php b/src/Worker/Expire.php
index 342408894..5d56308fa 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Expire.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Expire.php
@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@ class Expire {
 		if ($param == 'delete') {
 			logger('Delete expired items', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			// physically remove anything that has been deleted for more than two months
-			$r = dba::p("SELECT `id`, `iaid`, `icid` FROM `item` WHERE `deleted` AND `changed` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 60 DAY");
-			while ($row = dba::fetch($r)) {
+			$condition = ["`deleted` AND `changed` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 60 DAY"];
+			$rows = dba::select('item', ['id', 'iaid', 'icid'],  $condition);
+			while ($row = dba::fetch($rows)) {
 				dba::delete('item', ['id' => $row['id']]);
 				if (!empty($row['iaid']) && !dba::exists('item', ['iaid' => $row['iaid']])) {
-					dba::delete('item-content', ['id' => $row['icid']]);
+					dba::delete('item-activity', ['id' => $row['iaid']]);
 				}
 				if (!empty($row['icid']) && !dba::exists('item', ['icid' => $row['icid']])) {
 					dba::delete('item-content', ['id' => $row['icid']]);
 				}
 			}
-			dba::close($r);
+			dba::close($rows);
 
 			logger('Delete expired items - done', LOGGER_DEBUG);