diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dialog/clean-trash.js b/frontend/src/components/dialog/clean-trash.js
index cf57ac3f271..e290390597b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dialog/clean-trash.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dialog/clean-trash.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Modal, ModalHeader, ModalBody, ModalFooter } from 'reactstrap';
 import CreatableSelect from 'react-select/creatable';
 import { gettext } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { seafileAPI } from '../../utils/seafile-api';
-import { repotrashAPI } from '../../utils/repo-trash-api';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import toaster from '../toast';
 
@@ -52,14 +51,7 @@ class CleanTrash extends React.Component {
         submitBtnDisabled: false
       });
     });
-    repotrashAPI.deleteRepoTrash2(repoID, inputValue.value).then((res) => {
-    }).catch((error) => {
-      let errorMsg = Utils.getErrorMsg(error);
-      this.setState({
-        formErrorMsg: errorMsg,
-        submitBtnDisabled: false
-      });
-    });
+
     if (this.props.trashType === 0){
       this.props.refreshTrash2();
     }
diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_trash.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_trash.py
index 3dae88e3e01..3ae70ac7da4 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_trash.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repo_trash.py
@@ -237,11 +237,16 @@ def delete(self, request, repo_id, format=None):
             return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
 
         try:
+            from seafevents import seafevents_api
+            from seahub.utils import SeafEventsSession
             seafile_api.clean_up_repo_history(repo_id, keep_days)
             org_id = None if not request.user.org else request.user.org.org_id
             clean_up_repo_trash.send(sender=None, org_id=org_id,
                                      operator=username, repo_id=repo_id, repo_name=repo.name,
                                      repo_owner=repo_owner, days=keep_days)
+            session = SeafEventsSession()
+            seafevents_api.clean_up_repo_trash(session, repo_id, keep_days)
+            session.close()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(e)
             error_msg = 'Internal Server Error'
@@ -407,59 +412,3 @@ def post(self, request, repo_id, format=None):
         }
 
         return Response(result)
-
-    def delete(self, request, repo_id, format=None):
-        """ Clean library's trash.
-
-        Permission checking:
-        1. repo owner can perform this action.
-        2. is group admin.
-        """
-
-        # argument check
-        try:
-            keep_days = int(request.data.get('keep_days', 0))
-        except ValueError:
-            error_msg = 'keep_days invalid.'
-            return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
-
-        if keep_days < 0:
-            error_msg = 'keep_days invalid.'
-            return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
-
-        # resource check
-        repo = seafile_api.get_repo(repo_id)
-        if not repo:
-            error_msg = 'Library %s not found.' % repo_id
-            return api_error(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, error_msg)
-
-        # permission check
-        username = request.user.username
-        repo_owner = get_repo_owner(request, repo_id)
-        if not config.ENABLE_USER_CLEAN_TRASH:
-            error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
-            return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
-
-        if '@seafile_group' in repo_owner:
-            group_id = get_group_id_by_repo_owner(repo_owner)
-            if not is_group_admin(group_id, username):
-                error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
-                return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
-        else:
-            if username != repo_owner:
-                error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
-                return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
-
-        try:
-            from seahub.utils import SeafEventsSession, seafevents_api
-            session = SeafEventsSession()
-            seafevents_api.clean_up_repo_trash(session, repo_id, keep_days)
-            session.close()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(e)
-            error_msg = 'Internal Server Error'
-            return api_error(status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, error_msg)
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-
-        return Response({'success': True})
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