diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index d8646118..2150f017 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -90,35 +90,16 @@ function expire_pleroma_posts {
         return
     fi
 
-    echo '<?php' > $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo "\$oldate=date((\"Y-m-d\"), strtotime(\"-${expire_months} months\"));" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '$username="root";' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo "\$password=shell_exec('${PROJECT_NAME}-pass -u root -a postgresql');" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo "\$database=\"pleroma\";" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo 'if (!$link = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=pleroma user=$username password=$password")) {' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '    echo "Could not connect to postgresql";' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '    exit;' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '}' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo "\$notice_query=\"DELETE FROM notifications WHERE inserted_at <= '\$oldate 01:01:01'\";" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo 'pg_exec($link, $notice_query);' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '$rowaff1=pg_affected_rows($link);' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo "\$objects_query=\"DELETE FROM objects WHERE inserted_at <= '\$oldate 01:01:01'\";" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo 'pg_exec($link, $objects_query);' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '$rowaff2=pg_affected_rows($link);' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo 'pg_close($link);' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo -n "echo \"Expire pleroma posts: " >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
-    echo '$rowaff1 notifications and $rowaff2 objects deleted from database.\n";' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
+    echo '#!/bin/bash' > $pleroma_expire_posts_script
+    echo 'oldate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d --date="3 months ago")' >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
+    echo "sudo -u postgres psql -d pleroma -c \"DELETE FROM notifications WHERE inserted_at <= '\$oldate 01:01:01'\"" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
+    echo "sudo -u postgres psql -d pleroma -c \"DELETE FROM objects WHERE inserted_at <= '\$oldate 01:01:01'\"" >> $pleroma_expire_posts_script
     chmod +x $pleroma_expire_posts_script
 
     pleroma_expire_script=/etc/cron.daily/pleroma-expire
     echo '#!/bin/bash' > $pleroma_expire_script
     echo "find /etc/pleroma/uploads/* -mtime +${expire_days_files} -exec rm -rf {} +" >> $pleroma_expire_script
-    echo "/usr/bin/php $pleroma_expire_posts_script" >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo "$pleroma_expire_posts_script" >> $pleroma_expire_script
     chmod +x $pleroma_expire_script
 
     # remove any old cron job
@@ -797,7 +778,7 @@ function install_pleroma {
         ONION_ONLY='no'
     fi
 
-    apt-get -yq install wget imagemagick php-pgsql
+    apt-get -yq install wget imagemagick
 
     # We need elixir 1.4+ here, so the debian repo package won't do
     install_elixir