diff --git a/mythtv/files/mythorphans b/mythtv/files/mythorphans
index ce84c2c..07e573e 100755
--- a/mythtv/files/mythorphans
+++ b/mythtv/files/mythorphans
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ perl /usr/share/doc/mythtv-docs-${MYTHVERSION}/contrib/maintenance/myth.find_orp
     --dbhost="${DBHostName}" \
     --database="${DBName}" \
     --user="${DBUserName}" \
-    --pass="${DBPassword}" $* | awk '
+    --pass="${DBPassword}" \
+    --dodelete \
+    --dodbdelete | awk '
       BEGIN {
 	data = "";
 	ok = 0;