diff --git a/src/packages/database/postgres/delete-projects.ts b/src/packages/database/postgres/delete-projects.ts
index 9620c337f2..378a5734e9 100644
--- a/src/packages/database/postgres/delete-projects.ts
+++ b/src/packages/database/postgres/delete-projects.ts
@@ -181,9 +181,11 @@ export async function cleanup_old_projects_data(
       numProj += 1;
       let delRows = 0;
 
-      // Clean up data *on* a given project. For now, remove all site licenses.
+      // Clean up data *on* a given project. For now, remove all site licenses, status and last_active.
       await pool.query(
-        `UPDATE projects SET site_license = NULL WHERE project_id = $1`,
+        `UPDATE projects
+         SET site_license = NULL, status = NULL, last_active = NULL, run_quota = NULL
+         WHERE project_id = $1`,
         [project_id],
       );