diff --git a/inventory_provider/tasks/monitor.py b/inventory_provider/tasks/monitor.py
index 5081fa8656037ec91f2013211a97c9f86de39a9b..7d8a1d568419b36655c22eba5f85c2ac9c4109fa 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/tasks/monitor.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/tasks/monitor.py
@@ -114,19 +114,15 @@ def run():
         t['thread'].join()
 
 
-def clear_joblog(r, keys_read_event=None):
+def clear_joblog(r):
     """
     :param r: connection to a redis database
-    :param keys_read_event: optional event to signal after all keys are read
     :return:
     """
     rp = r.pipeline()
     # scan with bigger batches, to mitigate network latency effects
     for key in r.scan_iter('joblog:*', count=1000):
         rp.delete(key)
-    if keys_read_event:
-        assert isinstance(keys_read_event, threading.Event)  # sanity
-        keys_read_event.set()
     rp.execute()
 
 
diff --git a/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py b/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
index ad655406f92bdb2c36320401ac18ac0126383bc4..dd1689d934ad5a39695e5ee5b509ff9716fab12a 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import threading
 import time
 
 from redis.exceptions import RedisError
@@ -563,18 +562,7 @@ def launch_refresh_cache_all(config):
         _erase_next_db(config)
         update_latch_status(config, pending=True)
 
-        # call monitor.clear_joblog in a thread, since
-        # deletion might be slow and can be done in parallel
-        def _clear_log_proc(wait_event):
-            monitor.clear_joblog(get_current_redis(config), wait_event)
-
-        keys_captured_event = threading.Event()
-        threading.Thread(
-            target=_clear_log_proc,
-            args=[keys_captured_event]).start()
-        if not keys_captured_event.wait(timeout=60.0):
-            # wait a reasonable time
-            logging.error('timed out waiting for log keys to be read')
+        monitor.clear_joblog(get_current_redis(config))
 
         # first batch of subtasks: refresh cached opsdb data
         subtasks = [