diff --git a/classes/task/delete_orphaned_object_metadata.php b/classes/task/delete_orphaned_object_metadata.php
index 072ede6d..388f099d 100644
--- a/classes/task/delete_orphaned_object_metadata.php
+++ b/classes/task/delete_orphaned_object_metadata.php
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public function execute() {
             'ageforremoval' => time() - $ageforremoval,
         ];
 
-        if (!empty($this->config->deleteexternal) && $this->config->deleteexternal == TOOL_OBJECTFS_DELETE_EXTERNAL_TRASH) {
+        if (!empty($this->config->deleteexternal) &&
+            in_array($this->config->deleteexternal, [TOOL_OBJECTFS_DELETE_EXTERNAL_TRASH, TOOL_OBJECTFS_DELETE_EXTERNAL_FULL])) {
             // We need to delete the external files as well as the orphaned data.
             $filesystem = new $this->config->filesystem();