diff --git a/bin/php/ezasynchronouspublisher.php b/bin/php/ezasynchronouspublisher.php
index 5ad05e69c6b..88e5d5b749d 100755
--- a/bin/php/ezasynchronouspublisher.php
+++ b/bin/php/ezasynchronouspublisher.php
@@ -35,27 +35,16 @@
 
 $options = $script->getOptions(
     // options definition
-    "[n|daemon][p:|pid-file:][cleanup-interval:]",
+    "[n|daemon][p:|pid-file:]",
     // arguments definition
     "",
     // options documentation
     array( 'daemon' => 'Run in the background',
-           'pid-file' => 'PID file',
-           'cleanup-interval' => 'Number of seconds between each db table cleanup. Default value is 43200 (12 hours)' ) );
+           'pid-file' => 'PID file' ) );
 $sys = eZSys::instance();
 
 $script->initialize();
 
-$cleanup = 0;
-if ( isset( $options['cleanup-interval'] ) )
-{
-    $cleanup = $options['cleanup-interval'];
-    if ( !is_int( $cleanup ) || $cleanup < 1 )
-    {
-        $script->shutdown( 3, "Invalid value for cleanup-interval:'$cleanup'" );
-    }
-}
-
 if ( isset( $options['pid-file'] ) )
 {
     $pidFile = $options['pid-file'];
@@ -203,7 +192,6 @@
 $processor = ezpContentPublishingQueueProcessor::instance();
 $processor->setOutput( $output );
 $processor->setSignalHandler( $daemonSignalHandler );
-$processor->setCleanupInterval( $cleanup );
 $processor->run();
 
 eZScript::instance()->shutdown( 0 );
diff --git a/kernel/private/classes/ezpcontentpublishingqueueprocessor.php b/kernel/private/classes/ezpcontentpublishingqueueprocessor.php
index 98781ef6641..6ce5c806e8e 100644
--- a/kernel/private/classes/ezpcontentpublishingqueueprocessor.php
+++ b/kernel/private/classes/ezpcontentpublishingqueueprocessor.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public function __construct()
 
         // initiates timer for the DB cleanup process
         $this->cleanupLastTime = time();
+        $this->cleanupInterval = $this->contentINI->variable( 'PublishingSettings', 'AsynchronousCleanupInterval' );
+        $this->cleanupAgeLimit = $this->contentINI->variable( 'PublishingSettings', 'AsynchronousCleanupAgeLimit' );
 
         // Queue reader handler
         $this->queueReader = $this->contentINI->variable( 'PublishingSettings', 'AsynchronousPublishingQueueReader' );
@@ -154,8 +156,8 @@ private function cleanupDeadProcesses()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Removes FINISHED processes rows from the db, older than one week, all in one db call
-     * method self-manages the removal, based on the defined treshhold
+     * Removes FINISHED processes rows from the db (in one db call)
+     * method self-manages the removal, based on the defined cleanupInterval and cleanupAgeLimit
      *
      * @return void
      */
@@ -176,9 +178,9 @@ private function cleanupFinishedProcesses()
                 eZDebug::writeNotice( "ASYNC:: removing processes entries marked as STATUS_FINISHED in database.");
                 $db = eZDB::instance();
                 eZDB::setInstance( null );
-                $lastWeek = time() - (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+                $deleteBefore = time() - $this->cleanupAgeLimit;
                 $processTable = ezpContentPublishingProcess::definition()['name'];
-                $db->query( "DELETE from ". $processTable. " WHERE status =".  ezpContentPublishingProcess::STATUS_FINISHED. " AND finished < ". $lastWeek );
+                $db->query( "DELETE from ". $processTable. " WHERE status =".  ezpContentPublishingProcess::STATUS_FINISHED. " AND finished < ". $deleteBefore );
                 $this->cleanupLastTime = time();
             }
             catch( eZDBException $e ) 
@@ -302,19 +304,6 @@ private function getNextItem()
         return call_user_func( array( $this->queueReader, 'next' ) );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the cleanup variables
-     * @param int $interval
-     * @param \
-     */
-    public function setCleanupInterval( $interval )
-    {
-        if ( $interval > 0 )
-        {
-            $this->cleanupInterval = $interval;
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @var eZINI
      */
@@ -368,5 +357,12 @@ public function setCleanupInterval( $interval )
      * @var int
      */
     private $cleanupInterval = 43200;
+
+    /**
+     * All finished processes after this age limit will be cleaned up.
+     * Default value is a week (in seconds)
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $cleanupAgeLimit = 604800;
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/settings/content.ini b/settings/content.ini
index c9a9ef5c5ca..61cc0220857 100755
--- a/settings/content.ini
+++ b/settings/content.ini
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@ AsynchronousPublishingQueueReader=ezpContentPublishingQueue
 # default: 1
 AsynchronousPollingInterval=1
 
+# How frequent the daemon cleans the queue (sleep in seconds)
+# default: 43200 (12 hours)
+AsynchronousCleanupInterval=43200
+
+# How old processes need to be in order to be cleaned (in seconds)
+# default: 604800 (a week)
+AsynchronousCleanupAgeLimit=604800
+
 [TestingSettings]
 # Enable or disable multivariate testing feature
 MultivariateTesting=disabled