diff --git a/src/sentry/deletions/defaults/file.py b/src/sentry/deletions/defaults/file.py
index 7a867c511f4974..6bae36a52ecba6 100644
--- a/src/sentry/deletions/defaults/file.py
+++ b/src/sentry/deletions/defaults/file.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils import timezone
 
-from sentry.deletions.base import BaseRelation, ModelDeletionTask
+from sentry.deletions.base import BaseRelation, ModelDeletionTask, ModelRelation
 from sentry.models.files.file import File
 
 
@@ -37,8 +37,5 @@ def get_child_relations(self, instance: File) -> list[BaseRelation]:
         from sentry.models.files.fileblobindex import FileBlobIndex
 
         return [
-            BaseRelation(
-                params={"model": FileBlobIndex, "query": {"file_id": instance.id}},
-                task=None,  # Use BulkModelDeletionTask
-            ),
+            ModelRelation(FileBlobIndex, {"file_id": instance.id}),
         ]
diff --git a/src/sentry/runner/commands/cleanup.py b/src/sentry/runner/commands/cleanup.py
index dca3cd8e2ecf62..4196a23ccac5b6 100644
--- a/src/sentry/runner/commands/cleanup.py
+++ b/src/sentry/runner/commands/cleanup.py
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ def models_which_use_deletions_code_path() -> list[tuple[type[Model], str, str]]
         (PullRequest, "date_added", "date_added"),
         (RuleFireHistory, "date_added", "date_added"),
         (Release, "date_added", "date_added"),
-        (File, "timestamp", "timestamp"),
+        (File, "timestamp", "id"),
         (Commit, "date_added", "id"),
     ]
 
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ def remove_cross_project_models(
 
     # These models span across projects, so let's skip them
     deletes.remove((ArtifactBundle, "date_added", "date_added"))
-    deletes.remove((File, "timestamp", "timestamp"))
+    deletes.remove((File, "timestamp", "id"))
     return deletes