diff --git a/include/class.file.php b/include/class.file.php
index 2a0073b4be2817ecbd41e28858e1487184fffba4..e8ea7db9a10b89cdee5f47f493009239fa3f95dd 100644
--- a/include/class.file.php
+++ b/include/class.file.php
@@ -627,20 +627,17 @@ class AttachmentFile extends VerySimpleModel {
      * canned-response, or faq point to any more.
      */
     static function deleteOrphans() {
-
-        // XXX: Allow plugins to define filetypes which do not represent
-        //      files attached to tickets or other things in the attachment
-        //      table and are not logos
-        $files = static::objects()
-            ->filter(array(
-                'attachments__object_id__isnull' => true,
-                'ft' => 'T',
-                'created__lt' => SqlFunction::NOW()->minus(SqlInterval::DAY(1)),
-            ));
-
-        foreach ($files as $f) {
-            if (!$f->delete())
-                break;
+        $sql = "SELECT `id` FROM ".FILE_TABLE.
+            " A1 WHERE (A1.ft = 'T' AND A1.created < NOW() - INTERVAL 1 DAY)".
+            " AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT id FROM ".ATTACHMENT_TABLE.
+            " A2 WHERE A1.`id` = A2.`file_id`)";
+
+        if (($res=db_query($sql)) && db_num_rows($res)) {
+            while (list($id) = db_fetch_row($res)) {
+                if ($f = static::lookup((int) $id))
+                    if (!$f->delete())
+                        break;
+            }
         }
 
         return true;