diff --git a/AppController/lib/zookeeper_helper.rb b/AppController/lib/zookeeper_helper.rb
index a3e2ea94df..b426e779ba 100644
--- a/AppController/lib/zookeeper_helper.rb
+++ b/AppController/lib/zookeeper_helper.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ def configure_zookeeper(nodes, my_index)
 maxClientsCnxns=0
 forceSync=no
 skipACL=yes
+autopurge.snapRetainCount=5
+autopurge.purgeInterval=12
 EOF
   myid = ""
 
diff --git a/scripts/zookeeper-cleanup.sh b/scripts/zookeeper-cleanup.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 10dc301dd8..0000000000
--- a/scripts/zookeeper-cleanup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Cleanup old Zookeeper transactions.
-#
-
-MONIT_CMD="$(which monit)"
-LOG4J_CONF="/root/log4j.xml"
-ZK_DIR="/opt/appscale/zookeeper"
-
-# Sanity checks.
-if [ -z "${MONIT_CMD}" ]; then
-        echo "Cannot find monit!"
-        exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -d "${ZK_DIR}" ]; then
-        echo "Cannot find Zookeeper directory!"
-        exit 2
-fi
-
-# Run only on Zookeeper node.
-if [ ! ${MONIT_CMD} summary | grep zookeeper > /dev/null ]; then
-        echo "Zookeeper is not running."
-        exit 1
-fi
-
-# Create configuration for log4j.
-if [ ! -e ${LOG4J_CONF} ]; then
-        cat <<EOF > ${LOG4J_CONF}
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
- 
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c{1} - %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
- 
-  <root>
-    <priority value ="debug" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console" />
-  </root>
- 
-</log4j:configuration>
-EOF
-fi
-
-# Clean Zookeeper transactions.
-java -cp /root/:/usr/lib/zookeeper/zookeeper.jar:/usr/lib/zookeeper/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar:/usr/lib/zookeeper/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar:/usr/lib/zookeeper/liblog4j-1.2.15.jar:conf:/usr/lib/zookeeper/lib/* -Dlog4j.debug org.apache.zookeeper.server.PurgeTxnLog ${ZK_DIR} ${ZK_DIR} -n 3
-