diff --git a/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts b/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
index 16f9ac7e9..80afb5c88 100644
--- a/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
@@ -535,10 +535,12 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
 
   describe('removeOldRevisions', () => {
     const now = 1758653425;
+    let expectedDateTime: string;
     beforeEach(() => {
       jest.useFakeTimers();
       jest.setSystemTime(now);
       noteConfig.revisionRetentionDays = 1;
+      expectedDateTime = dateTimeToDB(getCurrentDateTime().minus({ days: 1 }));
     });
     afterEach(() => {
       jest.useRealTimers();
@@ -550,9 +552,16 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
     });
     it("doesn't update if no revisions were removed", async () => {
       mockDelete(tracker, TableRevision, [FieldNameRevision.createdAt], []);
+      mockSelect(
+        tracker,
+        [FieldNameRevision.noteId],
+        TableRevision,
+        [FieldNameRevision.createdAt],
+        [],
+      );
       await service.removeOldRevisions();
-      expectBindings(tracker, 'delete', [[now - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000]]);
-      expectBindings(tracker, 'select', [], false, true);
+      expectBindings(tracker, 'delete', [[expectedDateTime]]);
+      expectBindings(tracker, 'select', [[expectedDateTime]]);
     });
     it('updates notes if revisions were deleted', async () => {
       // The typecast is required since jest does not see all signatures of the mocked function
@@ -572,6 +581,17 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
           },
         ],
       );
+      mockSelect(
+        tracker,
+        [FieldNameRevision.noteId],
+        TableRevision,
+        [FieldNameRevision.createdAt],
+        [
+          {
+            [FieldNameRevision.noteId]: mockNoteId,
+          },
+        ],
+      );
       mockSelect(
         tracker,
         [
@@ -606,8 +626,12 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
         1,
       );
       await service.removeOldRevisions();
-      expectBindings(tracker, 'delete', [[now - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000]]);
-      expectBindings(tracker, 'select', [[mockNoteId, true]]);
+
+      expectBindings(tracker, 'delete', [[expectedDateTime]]);
+      expectBindings(tracker, 'select', [
+        [expectedDateTime],
+        [mockNoteId, true],
+      ]);
       expectBindings(tracker, 'update', [
         [
           `${mockPatch}\n${mockPrimaryAlias}\n\n${mockContent1}`,
diff --git a/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts b/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
index 755b87bb6..09e3277fe 100644
--- a/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/revisions/revisions.service.ts
@@ -478,36 +478,37 @@ export class RevisionsService {
    * Deletes old revisions except the latest one if the clean-up is enabled
    */
   async removeOldRevisions(): Promise<void> {
-    const currentTime = new Date().getTime();
+    const currentTime = getCurrentDateTime();
     const revisionRetentionDays: number = this.noteConfig.revisionRetentionDays;
     if (revisionRetentionDays <= 0) {
       return;
     }
-    const revisionRetentionMilliSeconds =
-      revisionRetentionDays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-
+    const oldestRevisionToKeepTime = currentTime.minus({
+      days: revisionRetentionDays,
+    });
+    const oldestRevisionToKeepDBTime = dateTimeToDB(oldestRevisionToKeepTime);
     await this.knex.transaction(async (transaction) => {
       // Delete old revisions
-      const noteIdsWhereRevisionWereDeleted = await transaction(TableRevision)
-        .where(
-          FieldNameRevision.createdAt,
-          '<=',
-          currentTime - revisionRetentionMilliSeconds,
-        )
-        .delete(FieldNameRevision.noteId);
+      const noteIdsWhereRevisionsAreDeleted = await transaction(TableRevision)
+        .select(FieldNameRevision.noteId)
+        .where(FieldNameRevision.createdAt, '<=', oldestRevisionToKeepDBTime);
+
+      await transaction(TableRevision)
+        .where(FieldNameRevision.createdAt, '<=', oldestRevisionToKeepDBTime)
+        .delete();
 
       this.logger.log(
-        `${noteIdsWhereRevisionWereDeleted.length} old revisions were removed from the DB`,
+        `${noteIdsWhereRevisionsAreDeleted.length} old revisions were removed from the DB`,
         'removeOldRevisions',
       );
 
-      if (noteIdsWhereRevisionWereDeleted.length === 0) {
+      if (noteIdsWhereRevisionsAreDeleted.length === 0) {
         return;
       }
 
       const uniqueNoteIds = Array.from(
         new Set(
-          noteIdsWhereRevisionWereDeleted.map(
+          noteIdsWhereRevisionsAreDeleted.map(
             (entry) => entry[FieldNameRevision.noteId],
           ),
         ),