diff --git a/app/models/domain_cron.rb b/app/models/domain_cron.rb
index c86a693bf..9a12e1f93 100644
--- a/app/models/domain_cron.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain_cron.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class DomainCron
         DomainMailer.pending_update_expired_notification_for_new_registrant(domain.id).deliver
       end
       if domain.pending_delete? || domain.pending_delete_confirmation?
-        DomainMailer.pending_delete_expired_notification(domain.id, deliver_emails).deliver
+        DomainMailer.pending_delete_expired_notification(domain.id, true).deliver
       end
       domain.clean_pendings_lowlevel
       unless Rails.env.test?