diff --git a/rust/.sqlx/query-c07f8903946884df7a929ee10c711c55d8984fddb2a96041065f2153d2b41dc5.json b/rust/.sqlx/query-385e94f4adab0f85174968f6eee873bf6d1d43884cd628df5b36978dd761b025.json
similarity index 57%
rename from rust/.sqlx/query-c07f8903946884df7a929ee10c711c55d8984fddb2a96041065f2153d2b41dc5.json
rename to rust/.sqlx/query-385e94f4adab0f85174968f6eee873bf6d1d43884cd628df5b36978dd761b025.json
index 367d6c93a6c80..5c6b66d3f8739 100644
--- a/rust/.sqlx/query-c07f8903946884df7a929ee10c711c55d8984fddb2a96041065f2153d2b41dc5.json
+++ b/rust/.sqlx/query-385e94f4adab0f85174968f6eee873bf6d1d43884cd628df5b36978dd761b025.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-    "query": "\nDELETE FROM cyclotron_jobs WHERE state = 'running' AND COALESCE(last_heartbeat, $1) <= $1 AND janitor_touch_count >= $2 returning id\n        ",
+    "query": "\nSELECT id FROM cyclotron_jobs WHERE state = 'running' AND COALESCE(last_heartbeat, $1) <= $1 AND janitor_touch_count >= $2\n        ",
     "describe": {
         "columns": [
             {
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
         },
         "nullable": [false]
     },
-    "hash": "c07f8903946884df7a929ee10c711c55d8984fddb2a96041065f2153d2b41dc5"
+    "hash": "385e94f4adab0f85174968f6eee873bf6d1d43884cd628df5b36978dd761b025"
 }
diff --git a/rust/cyclotron-core/src/ops/janitor.rs b/rust/cyclotron-core/src/ops/janitor.rs
index dcf80dad767c9..16bdb9180f0f9 100644
--- a/rust/cyclotron-core/src/ops/janitor.rs
+++ b/rust/cyclotron-core/src/ops/janitor.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ where
     // and would be useful to report.
     let result = sqlx::query_scalar!(
         r#"
-DELETE FROM cyclotron_jobs WHERE state = 'running' AND COALESCE(last_heartbeat, $1) <= $1 AND janitor_touch_count >= $2 returning id
+SELECT id FROM cyclotron_jobs WHERE state = 'running' AND COALESCE(last_heartbeat, $1) <= $1 AND janitor_touch_count >= $2
         "#,
         oldest_valid_heartbeat,
         max_janitor_touched