diff --git a/src/Worker/CleanItemUri.php b/src/Worker/CleanItemUri.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 84ef537c42..0000000000
--- a/src/Worker/CleanItemUri.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @copyright Copyright (C) 2020, Friendica
- *
- * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-namespace Friendica\Worker;
-
-use Friendica\Core\Logger;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\Model\Post;
-
-class CleanItemUri
-{
-	/**
-	 * Delete unused item-uri entries
-	 */
-	public static function execute()
-	{
-		// We have to avoid deleting newly created "item-uri" entries.
-		// So we fetch a post that had been stored yesterday and only delete older ones.
-		$item = Post::selectFirst(['uri-id'], ["`uid` = ? AND `received` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL ? DAY", 0, 1],
-			['order' => ['received' => true]]);
-		if (empty($item['uri-id'])) {
-			Logger::warning('No item with uri-id found - we better quit here');
-			return;
-		}
-		Logger::notice('Start deleting orphaned URI-ID', ['last-id' => $item['uri-id']]);
-		$uris = DBA::select('item-uri', ['id'], ["`id` < ?
-			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post` WHERE `uri-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
-			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `parent-uri-id` FROM `post` WHERE `parent-uri-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
-			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `thr-parent-id` FROM `post` WHERE `thr-parent-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
-			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `external-id` FROM `post` WHERE `external-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)", $item['uri-id']]);
-
-		$affected_count = 0;
-		while ($rows = DBA::toArray($uris, false, 100)) {
-			$ids = array_column($rows, 'id');
-			DBA::delete('item-uri', ['id' => $ids]);
-			$affected_count += DBA::affectedRows();
-			Logger::info('Deleted', ['rows' => $affected_count]);
-		}
-		DBA::close($uris);
-		Logger::notice('Orphaned URI-ID entries removed', ['rows' => $affected_count]);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Cron.php b/src/Worker/Cron.php
index 93e0215f7f..c8ee97d0c9 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Cron.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Cron.php
@@ -108,17 +108,10 @@ class Cron
 
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'UpdatePhotoAlbums');
 
-			// update nodeinfo data
-			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'NodeInfo');
-
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'Expire');
 
-			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'ExpirePosts');
-
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'ExpireConversations');
 
-			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'CleanItemUri');
-
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'RemoveUnusedContacts');
 
 			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, 'RemoveUnusedAvatars');
diff --git a/src/Worker/Expire.php b/src/Worker/Expire.php
index 62c7097f42..769b0d048d 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Expire.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Expire.php
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\Database\DBStructure;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
-use Friendica\Model\Post;
 
 /**
  * Expires old item entries
@@ -41,81 +39,44 @@ class Expire
 
 		Hook::loadHooks();
 
-		if ($param == 'delete') {
-			Logger::log('Delete expired items', Logger::DEBUG);
-			// physically remove anything that has been deleted for more than two months
-			$condition = ["`gravity` = ? AND `deleted` AND `changed` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 60 DAY", GRAVITY_PARENT];
-			$rows = Post::select(['guid', 'uri-id', 'uid'],  $condition);
-			while ($row = Post::fetch($rows)) {
-				Logger::info('Delete expired item', ['uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'guid' => $row['guid']]);
-				if (DBStructure::existsTable('item')) {
-					DBA::delete('item', ['parent-uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'uid' => $row['uid']]);
-				}
-				Post\User::delete(['parent-uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'uid' => $row['uid']]);
-			}
-			DBA::close($rows);
-
-			Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post entries- start');
-			$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post`.`uri-id`)"];
-			DBA::delete('post', $condition);
-			Logger::info('Orphaned post entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
-
-			Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-content entries - start');
-			$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-content`.`uri-id`)"];
-			DBA::delete('post-content', $condition);
-			Logger::info('Orphaned post-content entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
-
-			Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-thread entries - start');
-			$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-thread`.`uri-id`)"];
-			DBA::delete('post-thread', $condition);
-			Logger::info('Orphaned post-thread entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
-
-			Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-thread-user entries - start');
-			$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-thread-user`.`uri-id`)"];
-			DBA::delete('post-thread-user', $condition);
-			Logger::info('Orphaned post-thread-user entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
-
-			Logger::log('Delete expired items - done', Logger::DEBUG);
-			return;
-		} elseif (intval($param) > 0) {
+		if (intval($param) > 0) {
 			$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', ['uid', 'username', 'expire'], ['uid' => $param]);
 			if (DBA::isResult($user)) {
-				Logger::log('Expire items for user '.$user['uid'].' ('.$user['username'].') - interval: '.$user['expire'], Logger::DEBUG);
+				Logger::info('Expire items', ['user' => $user['uid'], 'username' => $user['username'], 'interval' => $user['expire']]);
 				Item::expire($user['uid'], $user['expire']);
-				Logger::log('Expire items for user '.$user['uid'].' ('.$user['username'].') - done ', Logger::DEBUG);
+				Logger::info('Expire items done', ['user' => $user['uid'], 'username' => $user['username'], 'interval' => $user['expire']]);
 			}
 			return;
 		} elseif ($param == 'hook' && !empty($hook_function)) {
 			foreach (Hook::getByName('expire') as $hook) {
 				if ($hook[1] == $hook_function) {
-					Logger::log("Calling expire hook '" . $hook[1] . "'", Logger::DEBUG);
+					Logger::info('Calling expire hook', ['hook' => $hook[1]]);
 					Hook::callSingle($a, 'expire', $hook, $data);
 				}
 			}
 			return;
 		}
 
-		Logger::log('expire: start');
-
-		Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true],
-				'Expire', 'delete');
+		Logger::notice('start expiry');
 
 		$r = DBA::p("SELECT `uid`, `username` FROM `user` WHERE `expire` != 0");
 		while ($row = DBA::fetch($r)) {
-			Logger::log('Calling expiry for user '.$row['uid'].' ('.$row['username'].')', Logger::DEBUG);
+			Logger::info('Calling expiry', ['user' => $row['uid'], 'username' => $row['username']]);
 			Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true],
-					'Expire', (int)$row['uid']);
+				'Expire', (int)$row['uid']);
 		}
 		DBA::close($r);
 
-		Logger::log('expire: calling hooks');
+		Logger::notice('calling hooks');
 		foreach (Hook::getByName('expire') as $hook) {
-			Logger::log("Calling expire hook for '" . $hook[1] . "'", Logger::DEBUG);
+			Logger::info('Calling expire', ['hook' => $hook[1]]);
 			Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true],
-					'Expire', 'hook', $hook[1]);
+				'Expire', 'hook', $hook[1]);
 		}
 
-		Logger::log('expire: end');
+		Logger::notice('calling hooks done');
+
+		Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'dont_fork' => true], 'ExpirePosts');
 
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Worker/ExpirePosts.php b/src/Worker/ExpirePosts.php
index 14fb560b13..9e75ea66bd 100644
--- a/src/Worker/ExpirePosts.php
+++ b/src/Worker/ExpirePosts.php
@@ -22,16 +22,114 @@
 namespace Friendica\Worker;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\Database\DBStructure;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
+use Friendica\Model\Post;
 
 class ExpirePosts
 {
 	/**
-	 * Delete old post entries
+	 * Expire posts and remove unused item-uri entries
+	 *
+	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function execute()
+	{
+		$a = DI::app();
+
+		self::deleteExpiredOriginPosts();
+
+		self::deleteUnusedItemUri();
+
+		self::deleteExpiredExternalPosts();
+
+		// update nodeinfo data after everything is cleaned up
+		Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true], 'NodeInfo');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete expired origin posts and orphaned post related table entries
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	private static function deleteExpiredOriginPosts()
+	{
+		Logger::info('Delete expired posts');
+		// physically remove anything that has been deleted for more than two months
+		$condition = ["`gravity` = ? AND `deleted` AND `changed` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 60 DAY", GRAVITY_PARENT];
+		$rows = Post::select(['guid', 'uri-id', 'uid'],  $condition);
+		while ($row = Post::fetch($rows)) {
+			Logger::info('Delete expired item', ['uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'guid' => $row['guid']]);
+			if (DBStructure::existsTable('item')) {
+				DBA::delete('item', ['parent-uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'uid' => $row['uid']]);
+			}
+			Post\User::delete(['parent-uri-id' => $row['uri-id'], 'uid' => $row['uid']]);
+		}
+		DBA::close($rows);
+
+		Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post entries- start');
+		$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post`.`uri-id`)"];
+		DBA::delete('post', $condition);
+		Logger::info('Orphaned post entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
+
+		Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-content entries - start');
+		$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-content`.`uri-id`)"];
+		DBA::delete('post-content', $condition);
+		Logger::info('Orphaned post-content entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
+
+		Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-thread entries - start');
+		$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-thread`.`uri-id`)"];
+		DBA::delete('post-thread', $condition);
+		Logger::info('Orphaned post-thread entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
+
+		Logger::info('Deleting orphaned post-thread-user entries - start');
+		$condition = ["NOT EXISTS (SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post-user` WHERE `post-user`.`uri-id` = `post-thread-user`.`uri-id`)"];
+		DBA::delete('post-thread-user', $condition);
+		Logger::info('Orphaned post-thread-user entries deleted', ['rows' => DBA::affectedRows()]);
+
+		Logger::info('Delete expired posts - done');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete unused item-uri entries
+	 */
+	private static function deleteUnusedItemUri()
+	{
+		$a = DI::app();
+
+		// We have to avoid deleting newly created "item-uri" entries.
+		// So we fetch a post that had been stored yesterday and only delete older ones.
+		$item = Post::selectFirst(['uri-id'], ["`uid` = ? AND `received` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL ? DAY", 0, 1],
+			['order' => ['received' => true]]);
+		if (empty($item['uri-id'])) {
+			Logger::warning('No item with uri-id found - we better quit here');
+			return;
+		}
+		Logger::notice('Start deleting orphaned URI-ID', ['last-id' => $item['uri-id']]);
+		$uris = DBA::select('item-uri', ['id'], ["`id` < ?
+			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `uri-id` FROM `post` WHERE `uri-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
+			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `parent-uri-id` FROM `post` WHERE `parent-uri-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
+			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `thr-parent-id` FROM `post` WHERE `thr-parent-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)
+			AND NOT EXISTS(SELECT `external-id` FROM `post` WHERE `external-id` = `item-uri`.`id`)", $item['uri-id']]);
+
+		$affected_count = 0;
+		while ($rows = DBA::toArray($uris, false, 100)) {
+			$ids = array_column($rows, 'id');
+			DBA::delete('item-uri', ['id' => $ids]);
+			$affected_count += DBA::affectedRows();
+			Logger::info('Deleted', ['rows' => $affected_count]);
+		}
+		DBA::close($uris);
+		Logger::notice('Orphaned URI-ID entries removed', ['rows' => $affected_count]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete old external post entries
+	 */
+	private static function deleteExpiredExternalPosts()
 	{
 		$expire_days = DI::config()->get('system', 'dbclean-expire-days');
 		$expire_days_unclaimed = DI::config()->get('system', 'dbclean-expire-unclaimed');