diff --git a/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl b/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
index e11817d453..0e24df5b54 100755
--- a/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
+++ b/misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ sub index_records {
         }
         my $record_fmt = ($as_xml) ? 'marcxml' : 'iso2709' ;
         if ($process_zebraqueue) {
-            do_indexing($record_type, 'delete', "$directory/del_$record_type", $reset, $noshadow, $record_fmt, $zebraidx_log_opt)
+            do_indexing($record_type, 'adelete', "$directory/del_$record_type", $reset, $noshadow, $record_fmt, $zebraidx_log_opt)
                 if %$records_deleted;
             do_indexing($record_type, 'update', "$directory/upd_$record_type", $reset, $noshadow, $record_fmt, $zebraidx_log_opt)
                 if $num_records_exported;