diff --git a/lithops/serverless/backends/k8s/k8s.py b/lithops/serverless/backends/k8s/k8s.py
index ad421a05e..d0f726840 100644
--- a/lithops/serverless/backends/k8s/k8s.py
+++ b/lithops/serverless/backends/k8s/k8s.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(self, k8s_config, internal_storage):
             params = pika.URLParameters(self.amqp_url)
             self.connection = pika.BlockingConnection(params)
             self.channel = self.connection.channel()
+            self.channel.queue_declare(queue='task_queue', durable=True)
 
             # Define some needed variables
             self._get_nodes()
@@ -276,6 +277,9 @@ def clean(self, all=False):
         except ApiException:
             pass
 
+        if self.rabbitmq_executor:
+            self.channel.queue_delete(queue='task_queue')
+
     def clear(self, job_keys=None):
         """
         Delete only completed jobs
diff --git a/lithops/serverless/backends/singularity/singularity.py b/lithops/serverless/backends/singularity/singularity.py
index 4704da3c5..10c62882b 100644
--- a/lithops/serverless/backends/singularity/singularity.py
+++ b/lithops/serverless/backends/singularity/singularity.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, singularity_config, internal_storage):
         params = pika.URLParameters(self.amqp_url)
         self.connection = pika.BlockingConnection(params)
         self.channel = self.connection.channel()
+        self.channel.queue_declare(queue='task_queue', durable=True)
 
         msg = COMPUTE_CLI_MSG.format('Singularity')
         logger.info(f"{msg}")
@@ -140,9 +141,7 @@ def clean(self, all=False):
         Deletes all jobs
         """
         logger.debug('Cleaning RabbitMQ queues')
-        delete_queues = ['task_queue', 'status_queue']
-        for queue in delete_queues:
-            self.channel.queue_delete(queue=queue)
+        self.channel.queue_delete(queue='task_queue')
 
     def list_runtimes(self, singularity_image_name='all'):
         """