diff --git a/swh/deposit/service/__init__.py b/swh/deposit/service/__init__.py
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diff --git a/swh/deposit/service/clean_temporary_directory.py b/swh/deposit/service/clean_temporary_directory.py
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-# Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
-# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
-# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
-# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
-
-"""Module in charge of cleaning up temporary archives.  Temporary
-archives being archives which were built from multiple ones, then
-streamed back to the client and referenced for removal.
-
-"""
-
-
-import click
-import datetime
-import logging
-import os
-import shutil
-
-from django.utils import timezone
-
-from swh.deposit.config import setup_django_for
-
-
-@click.command(
-    help='Remove temporary archives from the production system.')
-@click.option('--platform', default='development',
-              help='development or production platform')
-@click.option('--timeout', default='1 hour',
-              help='Timeout after which the archive is deleted')
-def main(platform, timeout):
-    setup_django_for(platform)
-
-    from swh.deposit.models import TemporaryArchive
-
-    log = logging.getLogger('swh.deposit.service.clean_temporary_directory')
-
-    # Retrieve old archives to be removed
-    now = timezone.now()
-    archives = TemporaryArchive.objects.filter(
-        date__lte=now - datetime.timedelta(minutes=30))
-
-    for archive in archives:
-        path = archive.path
-        if os.path.exists(path):
-            try:
-                log.info('Removing %s...' % path)
-                shutil.rmtree(path)
-            except:
-                log.info('Error while removing %s..., skipping' % path)
-                continue
-
-        # remove reference to the archive
-        log.info('Remove reference to archive id %s' % archive.id)
-        archive.delete()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()