diff --git a/unit-files/backup-u@.service b/unit-files/backup-u@.service
index cf441e0f2d54866af024e877428e614886d72e5b..8cd632d90313563dd5053ccd6a6a7648301dc9c3 100644
--- a/unit-files/backup-u@.service
+++ b/unit-files/backup-u@.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -euxc ' \
     --name clean-%i \
     -v /root:/root \
     indiepaas/duplicity \
-      remove-older-than 4W --force \
+      remove-older-than 2W --force \
       sftp://${BACKUP_DESTINATION}/%i'
 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -euxc '/data/domains/%i/BACKUP'
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -euxc ' \
diff --git a/unit-files/backup@.service b/unit-files/backup@.service
index 23ce0aece653bbb7c65ddbc4ba3f56a20fada2b7..d5a48767ee900ba1c01b6213057d5e5d3674f02a 100644
--- a/unit-files/backup@.service
+++ b/unit-files/backup@.service
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -euxc ' \
     --name clean-%i \
     -v /root:/root \
     indiepaas/duplicity \
-      remove-older-than 4W --force \
+      remove-older-than 2W --force \
       sftp://${BACKUP_DESTINATION}/%i'
 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -euxc '\
   if [ -d /data/domains/%i/mysql ]; then \