diff --git a/swh/lister/bitbucket/lister.py b/swh/lister/bitbucket/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/bitbucket/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/bitbucket/lister.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-DEFAULT_BITBUCKET_PAGE = 10
-
 
 class BitBucketLister(IndexingHttpLister):
     PATH_TEMPLATE = '/repositories?after=%s'
@@ -27,12 +25,10 @@
     def __init__(self, api_baseurl, override_config=None, per_page=100):
         super().__init__(
             api_baseurl=api_baseurl, override_config=override_config)
-        if per_page != DEFAULT_BITBUCKET_PAGE:
-            self.PATH_TEMPLATE = '%s&pagelen=%s' % (
-                self.PATH_TEMPLATE, per_page)
-        # to stay consistent with prior behavior (20 * 10 repositories then)
-        self.flush_packet_db = int(
-            (self.flush_packet_db * DEFAULT_BITBUCKET_PAGE) / per_page)
+        per_page = self.config.get('per_page', per_page)
+
+        self.PATH_TEMPLATE = '%s&pagelen=%s' % (
+            self.PATH_TEMPLATE, per_page)
 
     def get_model_from_repo(self, repo):
         return {