diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
index ab161516c5..6329d65a91 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh                                                                                  
 
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv -OJ --size-only --compare-dest /srv/web/docs-redirects/ --compare-dest /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ --compare-dest /srv/web/docs-combined/  --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git --exclude='copying.tmp/' sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv -OJ --size-only --compare-dest /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org --compare-dest /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ --compare-dest /srv/web/docs-combined/  --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git --exclude='copying.tmp/' sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aH --link-dest /srv/web/docs-redirects/ --link-dest /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ --link-dest /srv/web/docs-combined/  --delete --delete-excluded --delete-after --exclude=.git --exclude='copying.tmp/' sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aH --link-dest /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org --link-dest /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ --link-dest /srv/web/docs-combined/  --delete --delete-excluded --delete-after --exclude=.git --exclude='copying.tmp/' sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
 
 # build the combined docs tree. 
 # See https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7130
 
-rsync -aH --delete --exclude=.git /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/
+rsync -aH --delete --delete-after --exclude=.git /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron-translated.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron-translated.yml
index 7dea0e3112..84b924f93e 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron-translated.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron-translated.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cron-translated
 spec:
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  schedule: "0 * * * *"
+  schedule: "0 23 * * *"
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
       template:
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron.yml
index 40c19ac66f..ab123d9760 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/docsbuilding/templates/cron.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: cron
 spec:
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  schedule: "0 * * * *"
+  schedule: "50 * * * *"
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
       template: