diff --git a/app/jobs/domain_delete_confirm_job.rb b/app/jobs/domain_delete_confirm_job.rb
index 7d890ef16..785483cad 100644
--- a/app/jobs/domain_delete_confirm_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/domain_delete_confirm_job.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ class DomainDeleteConfirmJob < Que::Job
       when RegistrantVerification::CONFIRMED
         domain.poll_message!(:poll_pending_delete_confirmed_by_registrant)
         domain.apply_pending_delete!
-        domain.clean_pendings!
       when RegistrantVerification::REJECTED
         DomainMailer.pending_delete_rejected_notification(domain).deliver_now
-        domain.statuses.delete(DomainStatus::PENDING_DELETE_CONFIRMATION)
         domain.poll_message!(:poll_pending_delete_rejected_by_registrant)
-        domain.clean_pendings!
+        domain.cancel_pending_delete
       end
       destroy # it's best to destroy the job in the same transaction
     end
diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index 9845e8ac8..4e1566d60 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
     DomainMailer.pending_deleted(self).deliver_now
   end
 
+  def cancel_pending_delete
+    statuses.delete DomainStatus::PENDING_DELETE_CONFIRMATION
+    statuses.delete DomainStatus::PENDING_DELETE
+    delete_at = nil
+  end
+
   def pricelist(operation, period_i = nil, unit = nil)
     period_i ||= period
     unit ||= period_unit
diff --git a/app/models/epp/domain.rb b/app/models/epp/domain.rb
index 2c3c764f2..9e2e7eb02 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/domain.rb
@@ -487,9 +487,8 @@ class Epp::Domain < Domain
     statuses.delete(DomainStatus::PENDING_DELETE_CONFIRMATION)
     statuses.delete(DomainStatus::PENDING_DELETE)
     DomainMailer.delete_confirmation(self).deliver_now
-
-    # TODO: confirm that this actually makes sense
-    clean_pendings! if valid? && set_pending_delete!
+    clean_pendings!
+    set_pending_delete!
     true
   end