diff --git a/src/authentic2/custom_user/managers.py b/src/authentic2/custom_user/managers.py
index 066846eae..8d8f72b53 100644
--- a/src/authentic2/custom_user/managers.py
+++ b/src/authentic2/custom_user/managers.py
@@ -130,15 +130,13 @@ class UserQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
             for user in loaded:
                 logger.info(u'deleted account %s', user)
         transaction.on_commit(log)
-        deleted_users = []
         for user in qs:
             deleted_user = DeletedUser(deleted=user.deleted, old_user_id=user.id)
             if 'email' in app_settings.A2_USER_DELETED_KEEP_DATA:
                 deleted_user.old_email = user.email.rsplit('#', 1)[0]
             if 'uuid' in app_settings.A2_USER_DELETED_KEEP_DATA:
                 deleted_user.old_uuid = user.uuid
-            deleted_users.append(deleted_user)
-        DeletedUser.objects.bulk_create(deleted_users)
+            deleted_user.save()
         qs.delete()