diff --git a/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/VolumeUpdateEventListener.java b/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/VolumeUpdateEventListener.java
index 134e0850a66..d301319b7c6 100644
--- a/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/VolumeUpdateEventListener.java
+++ b/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/VolumeUpdateEventListener.java
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ public Volume apply( final String input ) {
             size = Integer.parseInt( storageVolume.getSize( ) );
           }
           if ( newState.isPresent( ) ) {
+            if ( State.ANNIHILATED == newState.get( ) && isDeleteExpired( volumeToUpdate ) ) {
+              Entities.delete( volumeToUpdate );
+              return volumeToUpdate;
+            }
             volumeState = newState.get( );
           }
           volumeToUpdate.setState( volumeState );
@@ -197,10 +201,6 @@ public Volume apply( final String input ) {
             LOG.error( ex );
             Logs.extreme( ).error( ex, ex );
           }
-          //TODO:GRZE: expire deleted/failed volumes in the future.
-          //            if ( State.ANNIHILATED.equals( v.getState( ) ) && State.ANNIHILATED.equals( v.getState( ) ) && v.lastUpdateMillis( ) > VOLUME_DELETE_TIMEOUT ) {
-          //              Entities.delete( v );
-          //            }
           buf.append( " Resulting new-state: [" ).append( volumeToUpdate.getState( ) ).append("]");
           LOG.debug( buf.toString( ) );
           return volumeToUpdate;
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public Volume apply( final String input ) {
     }
 
     if ( volume.getSize( ) <= 0 ||
+        isDeleteExpired( volume ) ||
         ( newState.isPresent( ) && newState.get( ) != volume.getState( ) ) ) {
       Entities.asTransaction( Volume.class, updateVolume ).apply( volume.getDisplayName( ) );
     } else {
@@ -240,6 +241,11 @@ public Volume apply( final String input ) {
     }
   }
 
+  static boolean isDeleteExpired( final Volume volume ) {
+    return State.ANNIHILATED == volume.getState( )
+        && volume.getSplitTime( TimeUnit.MINUTES ) > Volumes.DELETED_TIME;
+  }
+
   static Optional<State> calculateState( final Volume volumeToUpdate, final String storageStatus ) {
     Optional<State> state = Optional.of( volumeToUpdate.getState( ) );
     if ( storageStatus != null ) {
diff --git a/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/Volumes.java b/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/Volumes.java
index 8ad70a703b9..e638f8c196a 100644
--- a/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/Volumes.java
+++ b/clc/modules/compute-backend/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/blockstorage/Volumes.java
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 import com.eucalyptus.compute.common.internal.blockstorage.Volume;
 import com.eucalyptus.compute.common.internal.blockstorage.VolumeTag;
 import com.eucalyptus.compute.common.internal.identifier.ResourceIdentifiers;
+import com.eucalyptus.configurable.ConfigurableClass;
+import com.eucalyptus.configurable.ConfigurableField;
 import com.eucalyptus.entities.Entities;
 import com.eucalyptus.entities.TransactionException;
 import com.eucalyptus.entities.TransactionResource;
@@ -92,8 +94,15 @@
 
 import edu.ucsb.eucalyptus.cloud.VolumeSizeExceededException;
 
+@ConfigurableClass( root = "cloud.volumes",
+    description = "Parameters controlling storage volumes." )
 public class Volumes {
-  private static Logger     LOG                   = Logger.getLogger( Volumes.class );
+  private static final Logger     LOG                   = Logger.getLogger( Volumes.class );
+
+  @ConfigurableField( description = "Amount of time (in minutes) that a deleted volume will continue to be reported.",
+      initial = "60" )
+  public static Integer   DELETED_TIME                  = 60;
+
 
   @QuantityMetricFunction( VolumeMetadata.class )
   public enum CountVolumes implements Function<OwnerFullName, Long> {
diff --git a/clc/modules/compute-common/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/common/internal/blockstorage/Volume.java b/clc/modules/compute-common/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/common/internal/blockstorage/Volume.java
index d8c592d59d0..0fbadeb7006 100644
--- a/clc/modules/compute-common/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/common/internal/blockstorage/Volume.java
+++ b/clc/modules/compute-common/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/common/internal/blockstorage/Volume.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
@@ -167,7 +168,13 @@ public String mapState( ) {
         return "unavailable";
     }
   }
-  
+
+  public synchronized long getSplitTime( final TimeUnit units ) {
+    final long time = System.currentTimeMillis( );
+    final long split = time - super.getLastUpdateTimestamp( ).getTime( );
+    return units.convert( split, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS );
+  }
+
   public com.eucalyptus.compute.common.Volume morph( final com.eucalyptus.compute.common.Volume vol ) {
     vol.setAvailabilityZone( this.getPartition( ) );
     vol.setCreateTime( this.getCreationTimestamp( ) );
diff --git a/clc/modules/compute-service/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/service/ComputeService.java b/clc/modules/compute-service/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/service/ComputeService.java
index 218fdff79b5..735055ccba6 100644
--- a/clc/modules/compute-service/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/service/ComputeService.java
+++ b/clc/modules/compute-service/src/main/java/com/eucalyptus/compute/service/ComputeService.java
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ public ArrayList<com.eucalyptus.compute.common.Volume> apply( final Set<String>
         // build response volumes
         for ( final Volume foundVol : filteredVolumes ) {
           if ( State.ANNIHILATED.equals( foundVol.getState( ) ) ) {
-            Entities.delete( foundVol );
             if ( filterPredicate.apply( foundVol ) ) {
               replyVolumes.add( foundVol.morph( new com.eucalyptus.compute.common.Volume( ) ) );
             }
@@ -923,9 +922,6 @@ public ArrayList<VolumeStatusItemType> apply( final Set<String> input ) {
             volumes,
             Predicates.and( new TrackingPredicate<>( volumeIds ), requestedAndAccessible ) );
         for ( final Volume foundVol : filteredVolumes ) {
-          if ( State.ANNIHILATED.equals( foundVol.getState( ) ) ) {
-            Entities.delete( foundVol );
-          }
           replyVolumes.add( volumeTransform.apply( foundVol ) );
         }
         return replyVolumes;