diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Deletes.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Deletes.php
index 643fc4d0109..06838e02322 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Deletes.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Deletes.php
@@ -732,10 +732,12 @@ private function deleteAuditLogs(Document $project, callable $getProjectDB, stri
     {
         $projectId = $project->getId();
         $dbForProject = $getProjectDB($project);
-        $audit = new Audit($dbForProject);
 
         try {
-            $audit->cleanup($auditRetention);
+            $this->deleteByGroup(Audit::COLLECTION, [
+                Query::lessThan('time', $auditRetention),
+                Query::orderDesc('time'),
+            ], $dbForProject);
         } catch (DatabaseException $e) {
             Console::error('Failed to delete audit logs for project ' . $projectId . ': ' . $e->getMessage());
         }
@@ -943,7 +945,7 @@ private function deleteDeployment(callable $getProjectDB, Device $deviceForFunct
      * @param Database $database
      * @param ?callable $callback
      * @return void
-     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws DatabaseException
      */
     protected function deleteByGroup(
         string $collection,