diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
index dee5d1d1a5..c456893888 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/log_poller.go
@@ -658,12 +658,14 @@ func (lp *logPoller) backgroundWorkerRun() {
 			}
 		case <-logPruneTick:
 			logPruneTick = time.After(utils.WithJitter(lp.pollPeriod * 2401)) // = 7^5 avoids common factors with 1000
-			if allRemoved, err := lp.PruneExpiredLogs(ctx); err != nil {
-				lp.lggr.Errorw("Unable to prune expired logs", "err", err)
-			} else if !allRemoved {
+			allRemoved, err := lp.PruneExpiredLogs(ctx)
+			if !allRemoved {
 				// Tick faster when cleanup can't keep up with the pace of new logs
 				logPruneTick = time.After(utils.WithJitter(lp.pollPeriod * 241))
 			}
+			if err != nil {
+				lp.lggr.Errorw("Unable to prune expired logs", "err", err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1093,7 +1095,11 @@ func (lp *logPoller) PruneOldBlocks(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 // Returns whether all logs eligible for pruning were removed. If logPrunePageSize is set to 0, it will always return true.
 func (lp *logPoller) PruneExpiredLogs(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	rowsRemoved, err := lp.orm.DeleteExpiredLogs(ctx, lp.logPrunePageSize)
-	return lp.logPrunePageSize == 0 || rowsRemoved < lp.logPrunePageSize, err
+	if err != nil || rowsRemoved < lp.logPrunePageSize {
+		return true, err
+	}
+	rowsRemoved, err = lp.orm.DeleteExcessLogs(ctx, lp.logPrunePageSize)
+	return lp.logPrunePageSize == 0 || err != nil || rowsRemoved < lp.logPrunePageSize, err
 }
 
 // Logs returns logs matching topics and address (exactly) in the given block range,
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
index 0550b524f4..b9bbfe0948 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/types/query"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/sqlutil"
+
 	evmtypes "github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/types"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2/core/chains/evm/types"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type ORM interface {
 	DeleteBlocksBefore(ctx context.Context, end int64, limit int64) (int64, error)
 	DeleteLogsAndBlocksAfter(ctx context.Context, start int64) error
 	DeleteExpiredLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, error)
+	DeleteExcessLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, error)
 
 	GetBlocksRange(ctx context.Context, start int64, end int64) ([]LogPollerBlock, error)
 	SelectBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, blockNumber int64) (*LogPollerBlock, error)
@@ -350,23 +352,30 @@ func (o *DSORM) DeleteExpiredLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, erro
 }
 
 // DeleteExcessLogs deletes any logs old enough that MaxLogsKept has been exceeded for every filter they match.
-func (o *DSORM) DeleteExcessLogs(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
-	rowIds := struct {
-		EvmChainId ubig.Big
-		BlockHash  common.Hash
-		LogIndex   uint64
-	}{}
-	err := o.ds.GetContext(ctx, &rowIds, `
+func (o *DSORM) DeleteExcessLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, error) {
+	var rowIds []struct {
+		BlockNumber uint64
+		LogIndex    uint64
+	}
+
+	var limitClause string
+	if limit > 0 {
+		limitClause = fmt.Sprintf(" LIMIT %d", limit)
+	}
+
+	query := `
 		SELECT block_number, log_index FROM (
 			SELECT max_logs_kept != 0 AND ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY f.id ORDER BY block_number, log_index DESC) > max_logs_kept AS old, block_number, log_index
     		FROM evm.log_poller_filters f JOIN evm.logs l
         		ON f.evm_chain_id = l.evm_chain_id AND f.address = l.address AND f.event = l.event_sig WHERE f.evm_chain_id=$1
-		) x GROUP BY block_number, log_index HAVING BOOL_AND(old)`, ubig.New(o.chainID))
+		) x GROUP BY block_number, log_index HAVING BOOL_AND(old)` + limitClause
+
+	err := o.ds.SelectContext(ctx, &rowIds, query, ubig.New(o.chainID))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	result, err := o.ds.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM evm.logs WHERE block_hash=:block_hash AND log_index=:log_index AND evm_chain_id=5`, rowIds)
+	result, err := o.ds.ExecContext(ctx, `DELETE FROM evm.logs WHERE evm_chain_id = :evm_chain_id AND (block_number, log_index) IN rowIds`, rowIds)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
index 90e3e19102..5829a0e57e 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm_test.go
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ func Benchmark_LogPruning(b *testing.B) {
 		return o.DeleteExpiredLogs(ctx, 1000)
 	})
 	runBenchmarking("DeleteExcessLogs", func(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
-		return o.DeleteExcessLogs(ctx)
+		return o.DeleteExcessLogs(ctx, 0)
 	})
 }