diff --git a/config/locales/server.de.yml b/config/locales/server.de.yml
index 12d45ba33f9..6c8612efcdd 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.de.yml
@@ -1224,7 +1224,6 @@ de:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Administratoren eine Warnmeldung anzeigen, wenn im Forum weniger als 5 öffentlich sichtbare Themen existieren."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Lösche Entwürfe, die mehr als (n) Tage alt sind.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Erforderliche Benutzeranzahl, um den Starthilfe-Modus zu deaktivieren (0 = ausgeschaltet)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Führe VACUUM ANALYZE aus, um Datenbankspeicher nach Migrationen zurückzuerhalten (0 um zu deaktivieren)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Nichtangemeldeten Benutzern das Herunterladen von Anhängen verbieten. WARNUNG: dies verhindert auch das Herunterladen jeglicher Ressourcen für Website-Anpassungen, die als Anhänge gespeichert wurden."
     slug_generation_method: "Gib eine Methode an, wie Kürzel in URLs generiert werden sollen. 'encoded' verwendet einen Prozent-Encodierten String, bei 'none' wird kein Kürzel verwendet."
     enable_emoji: "Aktiviere emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index c9c0814ba08..47beed5099b 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -1423,9 +1423,7 @@ en:
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Delete drafts older than (n) days.
 
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Minimum number of users required to disable bootstrap mode (set to 0 to disable)"
-
-    vacuum_db_days: "Run VACUUM ANALYZE to reclaim DB space after migrations (set to 0 to disable)"
-
+    
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Prevent anonymous users from downloading attachments. WARNING: this will prevent any non-image site assets posted as attachments from working."
 
     slug_generation_method: "Choose a slug generation method. 'encoded' will generate percent encoding string. 'none' will disable slug at all."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.es.yml b/config/locales/server.es.yml
index 164224a191a..be349be1c81 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.es.yml
@@ -1227,7 +1227,6 @@ es:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Si el sitio tiene menos de 5 temas abiertos al público, mostrar un aviso pidiendo a los administradores crear más temas."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Eliminar borradores de más de (n) días de antigüedad.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Mínimo número de usuarios requerido para desactivar el modo bootstrap (pon 0 para desactivar esta opción)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Ejecutar VACUUM ANALYZE para reclamar espacio en la base de datos después de las migraciones. (Poner en 0 para inhabilitar)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Impedir que los usuarios anónimos descarguen archivos. ADVERTENCIA: Esto impedirá que funcione cualquier recurso del sitio publicado como adjunto."
     slug_generation_method: "Elegir un método de generación de slug. 'encoded' generará cadenas con código porciento. 'none' hara que no se genere slug."
     enable_emoji: "Habilitar emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fi.yml b/config/locales/server.fi.yml
index 74e04d8ea0a..91eed2d63db 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fi.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fi.yml
@@ -1223,7 +1223,6 @@ fi:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Jos palstalla on vähemmän kuin 5 julkista ketjua, huomauta ylläpitäjiä ketjujen luonnista."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Poista yli (n) päivää vanhat luonnokset.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Vähimmäismäärä käyttäjiä, joka vaaditaan aloitustilan poistamiseen (aseta 0 poistaaksesi käytöstä)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Aja VACUUM ANALYZE vapauttaaksesi tietokannan viemää tilaa migraatioiden jälkeen (aseta 0 poistaaksesi käytöstä)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Estä kirjautumattomia käyttäjiä lataamasta liitetiedostoja. VAROITUS: tämä estää viestin liitettyjen muiden tiedostojen, kuin kuvien käyttämisen sivustolla."
     slug_generation_method: "Valitse polkulyhenteen luomisen metodi.  'encoded' käyttää prosenttikoodausta, 'none' poistaa polkulyhenteet käytöstä."
     enable_emoji: "Ota emoji käyttöön"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fr.yml b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
index a6dac465a9e..a3eec04478c 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
@@ -1225,7 +1225,6 @@ fr:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Si le site contient moins de 5 sujets publics, afficher un message pour demander aux administrateurs de créer d'autres sujets."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Supprimer les brouillons plus vieux que (n) jours.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Nombre minimum d'utilisateurs nécessaire pour désactiver le mode de démarrage (mettre à 0 pour désactiver)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Exécuter VACUUM ANALYZE pour récupérer de l'espace dans la base de données après une migration (mettre à 0 pour désactiver)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Refuser le téléchargement de pièces jointes aux visiteurs. ATTENTION : cela empêchera de fonctionner les ressources envoyées en pièce jointe qui ne sont pas des images."
     slug_generation_method: "Choisissez une méthode de génération d'identifiant. \"encodé\" générera des chaines de caractères encodées avec des pourcentages. \"aucune\" désactivera complètement les identifiants."
     enable_emoji: "Activer les emojis"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.he.yml b/config/locales/server.he.yml
index 7a559a54190..ed8ca89c531 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.he.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.he.yml
@@ -1224,7 +1224,6 @@ he:
     show_create_topics_notice: "אם לאתר פחות מ-5 נושאים פומביים, הציגו מודעה המבקשת מן המנהלים ליצור עוד נושאים."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: מחקו טיוטות בנות יותר מ (n) ימים.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "מספר משתמשים מינימלי שנדרש כדי לנטרל מצב איתחול (קבעו ל 0 כדי לנטרל)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "הריצו VACUUM ANALYZE כדי להשיב מקום בבסיס הנתונים לאחר המרות (קבעו ל 0 כדי לנטרל)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "מונע ממשתמשים אנונימיים להוריד צרופות (attachments). אזהרה: דבר זה ימנע מכל משאב שאינו תמונה ופורסם כצרופה לעבוד."
     slug_generation_method: "בחרו צורת ייצור slug. צורה של 'encoded' תגרום למחרוזות עם קידוד אחוזים. 'none' ינטרל slug לחלוטין."
     enable_emoji: "אפשרו emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pt.yml b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
index 15af5610cbb..ea59a59401e 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pt.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
@@ -1192,7 +1192,6 @@ pt:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Se o sítio tem menos de 5 tópicos públicos, mostrar um aviso pedindo aos administradores a criação de mais tópicos."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Eliminar rascunhos mais antigos que (n) days.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Número mínimo de utilizadores necessários para desactivar o modo de inicialização (coloque 0 para desactivar)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Executar VACUUM ANALYZE para reclamar espaço na BD após as migrações (configurar a 0 para desativar)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Previna que utilizadores anónimos descarreguem anexos. AVISO: isto irá fazer com que quaisquer atributos (que não sejam imagens) publicados como anexos não funcionem."
     slug_generation_method: "Escolha um método de geração slug. 'encoded' irá gerar sequências de caracteres com código percentual. 'none' irá desativar slug por completo."
     enable_emoji: "Ativar emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.ro.yml b/config/locales/server.ro.yml
index df308cc0245..2dc598605ac 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.ro.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.ro.yml
@@ -1239,7 +1239,6 @@ ro:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Dacă site-ul are mai puțin de 5 subiecte publice, afișează o notificare prin care se cere adminilor să creeze subiecte."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: șterge drafturile mai vechi de (n) zile.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Numărul minim de utilizatori necesar pentru dezactivarea modului bootstrap (0 pentru dezactivare)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Rulează VACUUM ANALYZE pentru a recupera spațiul din baza de date după o migrare (0 pentru dezactivare)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Blochează utilizatorii anonimi de la descărcarea de atașamente. ATENȚIE: aceasta va face ca toate resursele site-ului care sunt postate ca atașamente să nu mai meargă."
     slug_generation_method: "Alege o metodă de generare de identificator. 'encodat' va genera șir de caractere encodate cu procentaje. 'nimic' va dezactiva complet identificatorii."
     enable_emoji: "Activează emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.sk.yml b/config/locales/server.sk.yml
index d9e61ec6bdd..20e32173a49 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.sk.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.sk.yml
@@ -1063,7 +1063,6 @@ sk:
     notify_about_flags_after: "Ak existujú príznaky ktoré neboli vyriešené po uvedenom počte hodín, pošli email na contact_email. Pre vypnutie nastavte 0."
     show_create_topics_notice: "Zobraz výzvu žiadajúcu administrátorov o vytvorenie nejakých tém, ak majú stránky menej ako 5 verejných tém."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Vymazať návrhy staršie ako (n) dní.
-    vacuum_db_days: "Spustiť VACUUM ANALYZE na získanie DB miesto po migráciách (pre vypnutie nastavte na 0)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Zabrániť anonymným používateľom sťahovať prílohy. VAROVANIE: toto nastavenie zneprístupní akékoľvek neobrázkové súbory na stánkach uložené ako prílohy."
     slug_generation_method: "Vybrať metódu generovania koncovej časti adresy. 'encoded' vygeneruje percentami zakódovaní reťazec. 'none' vypne koncovú časť adresy úplne."
     enable_emoji: "Zapnúť emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.sv.yml b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
index 19a812bc5e4..45064c919e2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.sv.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
@@ -1123,7 +1123,6 @@ sv:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Visa en notis som ber administratörerna att skapa några ämnen om webbplatsen har färre än 5 publika ämnen."
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Ta bort utkast som är äldre än (n) dagar.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "Minsta antal användare som krävs för att inaktivera bootstrap-läget (ange 0 för att inaktivera)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Kör VACUUM ANALYZE för att återvinna DB-utrymme efter migrering (ange 0 för att inaktivera)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Förhindra anonyma användare från att ladda ned bilagor. VARNING: det kommer att förhindra alla webbplatsens tillgångar som inte är bilder och som lagts upp som bilagor från att fungera."
     slug_generation_method: "Välj en genereringsmetod för etiketter. Ange 'none' för att inaktivera generering av etiketter. "
     enable_emoji: "Aktivera emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.tr_TR.yml b/config/locales/server.tr_TR.yml
index 70a4e3897ca..d0389e9f955 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.tr_TR.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.tr_TR.yml
@@ -1042,7 +1042,6 @@ tr_TR:
     show_create_topics_notice: "Eğer sitede herkese açık konu sayısı 5'den az ise, yöneticiden yeni konular oluşturmasını isteyen bir uyarı iletisi göster. "
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: (n) günden eski taslakları sil.
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "bootstrap modunun edilgen olması için gereken en az kullanıcı sayısı (edilgen bırakmak için 0 yapın)"
-    vacuum_db_days: "Geçiş sonrası DB alanı geri kazanmak için TAM VAKUM ANALİZİ'ni çalıştırın (devre dışı bırakmak için 0 girin)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Anonim kullanıcıların eklenti indirebilmesini önle. DİKKAT: Bu ayar, eklenti olarak gönderilen resim-dışı site içeriklerinin de çalışmasını engelleyebilir."
     slug_generation_method: "Slug üretim yöntemi seçin. 'kodlanmış' seçeneği yüzde kodlamalı metin oluşturur. 'hiçbiri' seçeneği slug'ı devre dışı bırakır."
     enable_emoji: "Emojiyi etkinleştir"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.vi.yml b/config/locales/server.vi.yml
index 30856cee31d..fbd452f10c1 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.vi.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.vi.yml
@@ -1009,7 +1009,6 @@ vi:
     notify_about_flags_after: "Nếu có các đánh dấu chưa được xử lý sau số giờ được thiết lập ở đây, gửi email đến contact_email. Đặt là 0 để vô hiệu hóa."
     show_create_topics_notice: "Nếu trang có ít hơn 5 chủ đề công khai, hiển thị một thông báo yêu cầu quản trị tạo thêm các chủ đề mới"
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: Xóa các bản nháp cũ hơn (n) ngày.
-    vacuum_db_days: "Chạy VACUUM ANALYZE để lấy lại khoảng trống DB sau khi migration (đặt là 0 để tắt)"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "Cấm khách truy cập tải các tập tin đính kèm. CẢNH BÁO: việc này sẽ chặn những hình ảnh không thuộc giao diện trang hoạt động"
     slug_generation_method: "Chọn phương thức tạo slug. 'encoded' sẽ tạo ra phần trăm chuỗi mã hóa. 'none' sẽ tắt slug."
     enable_emoji: "Kích hoạt emoji"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
index cd8eb7b34f4..ac5c7b6e427 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
@@ -1187,7 +1187,6 @@ zh_CN:
     show_create_topics_notice: "如果站点只有少于 5 篇的公开帖子时，显示一条请管理员创建帖子的提示。"
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: 删除超过 n 天得草稿。
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "禁用摘要模式的用户数下限（0 为禁用）。"
-    vacuum_db_days: "在数据库迁移后使用完整扫描回收数据库空间（设置 0 为禁用）"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "禁止匿名用户下载附件。警告：这将禁止他们访问任何发表在帖子中的非图片资源。"
     slug_generation_method: "选择一个链接生成方式。“encoded”将生成以百分号编码的链接。“none”将禁用自定义链接，只生成默认链接。"
     enable_emoji: "启用绘文字（emoji）"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
index df8a1b6aa5b..f09ecdea3c2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
@@ -1187,7 +1187,6 @@ zh_TW:
     show_create_topics_notice: "如果網站的公開討論話題少於 5 個，顯示通知要求管理員建立一些討論話題。"
     delete_drafts_older_than_n_days: 刪除超過 n 天得草稿。
     bootstrap_mode_min_users: "禁用摘要模式的用戶數下限（0 為禁用）。"
-    vacuum_db_days: "在資料庫遷移後使用完整掃瞄回收資料庫空間（設置 0 為禁用）"
     prevent_anons_from_downloading_files: "禁止匿名用戶下載附件。警告：這將禁止他們訪問任何發表在帖子中的非圖片資源。"
     slug_generation_method: "選擇一個連結生成方式。“encoded”將生成以百分號編碼的連結。“none”將禁用自定義連結，只生成預設連結。"
     enable_emoji: "啟用表情符號"
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index b685f27a83a..bdca54abe27 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1261,11 +1261,6 @@ uncategorized:
 
   disable_edit_notifications: false
 
-  vacuum_db_days: 90
-  last_vacuum:
-    default: 0
-    hidden: true
-
   delete_drafts_older_than_n_days:
     default: 180
     min: 0
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index e6c479365da..b460d550c6a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -6,24 +6,6 @@ end
 # we need to run seed_fu every time we run rake db:migrate
 task 'db:migrate' => ['environment', 'set_locale'] do
   SeedFu.seed
-
-  SiteSetting.last_vacuum = Time.now.to_i if SiteSetting.last_vacuum == 0
-
-  if SiteSetting.vacuum_db_days > 0 &&
-      SiteSetting.last_vacuum < (Time.now.to_i - SiteSetting.vacuum_db_days.days.to_i)
-    puts "Running VACUUM ANALYZE to reclaim DB space, this may take a while"
-    puts "Set to run every #{SiteSetting.vacuum_db_days} days (search for vacuum in site settings)"
-    puts "#{Time.now} starting..."
-    begin
-
-      Topic.exec_sql("VACUUM ANALYZE")
-    rescue => e
-      puts "VACUUM failed, skipping"
-      puts e.to_s
-    end
-    SiteSetting.last_vacuum = Time.now.to_i
-    puts "#{Time.now} VACUUM done"
-  end
 end
 
 task 'test:prepare' => 'environment' do