diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
index ddbefdd33a..bc88527f39 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ krb_rdns=false
 serverca = /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
 
 ;how soon (in seconds) to clean up expired repositories. 1 week default
-deleted_repo_lifetime = 3600
+deleted_repo_lifetime = 86400
 
 ;how soon (in seconds) to clean up dist repositories.
 ;we want this super long so we don't delete latest repos