diff --git a/retriever/retriever.php b/retriever/retriever.php
index 7caa05e5..047511c5 100644
--- a/retriever/retriever.php
+++ b/retriever/retriever.php
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ function retriever_retrieve_items($max_items) {
  */
 function retriever_clean_up_completed_resources($max_items) {
 	// TODO: figure out how to do this with DBA module
-	$r = DBA::p('SELECT retriever_resource.`id` as resource, retriever_item.`id` as item FROM retriever_resource, retriever_item, retriever_rule WHERE retriever_item.`finished` = 0 AND retriever_item.`resource` = retriever_resource.`id` AND retriever_resource.`completed` IS NOT NULL AND retriever_item.`contact-id` = retriever_rule.`contact-id` AND retriever_item.`item-uid` = retriever_rule.`uid` LIMIT %d',
-	       intval($max_items));
+	$r = DBA::p("SELECT retriever_resource.`id` as resource, retriever_item.`id` as item FROM retriever_resource, retriever_item, retriever_rule WHERE retriever_item.`finished` = 0 AND retriever_item.`resource` = retriever_resource.`id` AND retriever_resource.`completed` IS NOT NULL AND retriever_item.`contact-id` = retriever_rule.`contact-id` AND retriever_item.`item-uid` = retriever_rule.`uid` LIMIT $max_items");
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 		return;
 	}