diff --git a/app/workers/scheduler/user_cleanup_scheduler.rb b/app/workers/scheduler/user_cleanup_scheduler.rb
index 750d2127b..d1f00c47f 100644
--- a/app/workers/scheduler/user_cleanup_scheduler.rb
+++ b/app/workers/scheduler/user_cleanup_scheduler.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Scheduler::UserCleanupScheduler
   end
 
   def clean_discarded_statuses!
-    Status.discarded.where('deleted_at <= ?', 30.days.ago).find_in_batches do |statuses|
+    Status.unscoped.discarded.where('deleted_at <= ?', 30.days.ago).find_in_batches do |statuses|
       RemovalWorker.push_bulk(statuses) do |status|
         [status.id, { 'immediate' => true }]
       end