diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
index 0fd48291f76..067d08bbf4d 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
@@ -47,14 +47,11 @@ public class EntryLocationIndex implements Closeable {
 
     private final KeyValueStorage locationsDb;
     private final ConcurrentLongHashSet deletedLedgers = ConcurrentLongHashSet.newBuilder().build();
-    private final int deleteEntriesBatchSize;
-
     private final EntryLocationIndexStats stats;
 
     public EntryLocationIndex(ServerConfiguration conf, KeyValueStorageFactory storageFactory, String basePath,
             StatsLogger stats) throws IOException {
         locationsDb = storageFactory.newKeyValueStorage(basePath, "locations", DbConfigType.EntryLocation, conf);
-        deleteEntriesBatchSize = conf.getRocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize();
 
         this.stats = new EntryLocationIndexStats(
             stats,
@@ -195,7 +192,6 @@ public void delete(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
     public void removeOffsetFromDeletedLedgers() throws IOException {
         LongPairWrapper firstKeyWrapper = LongPairWrapper.get(-1, -1);
         LongPairWrapper lastKeyWrapper = LongPairWrapper.get(-1, -1);
-        LongPairWrapper keyToDelete = LongPairWrapper.get(-1, -1);
 
         Set<Long> ledgersToDelete = deletedLedgers.items();
 
@@ -205,12 +201,8 @@ public void removeOffsetFromDeletedLedgers() throws IOException {
 
         log.info("Deleting indexes for ledgers: {}", ledgersToDelete);
         long startTime = System.nanoTime();
-        long deletedEntries = 0;
-        long deletedEntriesInBatch = 0;
-
-        Batch batch = locationsDb.newBatch();
 
-        try {
+        try (Batch batch = locationsDb.newBatch()) {
             for (long ledgerId : ledgersToDelete) {
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("Deleting indexes from ledger {}", ledgerId);
@@ -219,66 +211,20 @@ public void removeOffsetFromDeletedLedgers() throws IOException {
                 firstKeyWrapper.set(ledgerId, 0);
                 lastKeyWrapper.set(ledgerId, Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
-                Entry<byte[], byte[]> firstKeyRes = locationsDb.getCeil(firstKeyWrapper.array);
-                if (firstKeyRes == null || ArrayUtil.getLong(firstKeyRes.getKey(), 0) != ledgerId) {
-                    // No entries found for ledger
-                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug("No entries found for ledger {}", ledgerId);
-                    }
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                long firstEntryId = ArrayUtil.getLong(firstKeyRes.getKey(), 8);
-                long lastEntryId;
-                try {
-                    lastEntryId = getLastEntryInLedgerInternal(ledgerId);
-                } catch (Bookie.NoEntryException nee) {
-                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug("No last entry id found for ledger {}", ledgerId);
-                    }
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                    log.debug("Deleting index for ledger {} entries ({} -> {})",
-                            ledgerId, firstEntryId, lastEntryId);
-                }
-
-                // Iterate over all the keys and remove each of them
-                for (long entryId = firstEntryId; entryId <= lastEntryId; entryId++) {
-                    keyToDelete.set(ledgerId, entryId);
-                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                        log.debug("Deleting index for ({}, {})", keyToDelete.getFirst(), keyToDelete.getSecond());
-                    }
-                    batch.remove(keyToDelete.array);
-                    ++deletedEntriesInBatch;
-                    ++deletedEntries;
-                }
+                batch.deleteRange(firstKeyWrapper.array, lastKeyWrapper.array);
+            }
 
-                if (deletedEntriesInBatch > deleteEntriesBatchSize) {
-                    batch.flush();
-                    batch.clear();
-                    deletedEntriesInBatch = 0;
-                }
+            batch.flush();
+            for (long ledgerId : ledgersToDelete) {
+                deletedLedgers.remove(ledgerId);
             }
         } finally {
-            try {
-                batch.flush();
-                batch.clear();
-            } finally {
-                firstKeyWrapper.recycle();
-                lastKeyWrapper.recycle();
-                keyToDelete.recycle();
-                batch.close();
-            }
+            firstKeyWrapper.recycle();
+            lastKeyWrapper.recycle();
         }
 
-        log.info("Deleted indexes for {} entries from {} ledgers in {} seconds", deletedEntries, ledgersToDelete.size(),
+        log.info("Deleted indexes from {} ledgers in {} seconds", ledgersToDelete.size(),
                 TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - startTime) / 1000.0);
-
-        // Removed from pending set
-        for (long ledgerId : ledgersToDelete) {
-            deletedLedgers.remove(ledgerId);
-        }
     }
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EntryLocationIndex.class);
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
index 5c2ebb7146c..05a4dec9075 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/ServerConfiguration.java
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ public class ServerConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration<ServerConfigurati
     // Used for location index, lots of writes and much bigger dataset
     protected static final String LEDGER_METADATA_ROCKSDB_CONF = "ledgerMetadataRocksdbConf";
 
-    protected static final String ROCKSDB_DELETE_ENTRIES_BATCH_SIZE = "rocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize";
-
     /**
      * Construct a default configuration object.
      */
@@ -4048,24 +4046,4 @@ public ServerConfiguration setLedgerMetadataRocksdbConf(String ledgerMetadataRoc
         this.setProperty(LEDGER_METADATA_ROCKSDB_CONF, ledgerMetadataRocksdbConf);
         return this;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Get entry log location index delete entries batch size from RocksDB.
-     *
-     * @return Int rocksDB delete entries batch size configured in Service configuration.
-     */
-    public int getRocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize() {
-        return getInt(ROCKSDB_DELETE_ENTRIES_BATCH_SIZE, 100000);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set entry log location index delete entries batch size from RocksDB.
-     *
-     * @param rocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize
-     * @return
-     */
-    public ServerConfiguration setRocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize(int rocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize) {
-        this.setProperty(ROCKSDB_DELETE_ENTRIES_BATCH_SIZE, rocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize);
-        return this;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
index 9c1fbd320f2..1aef54f4a4e 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,70 @@ public void deleteLedgerTest() throws Exception {
         idx.close();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void deleteBatchLedgersTest() throws Exception {
+        File tmpDir = File.createTempFile("bkTest", ".dir");
+        tmpDir.delete();
+        tmpDir.mkdir();
+        tmpDir.deleteOnExit();
+
+        EntryLocationIndex idx = new EntryLocationIndex(serverConfiguration, KeyValueStorageRocksDB.factory,
+                tmpDir.getAbsolutePath(), NullStatsLogger.INSTANCE);
+
+        int numLedgers = 1000;
+        int numEntriesPerLedger = 100;
+
+        int location = 0;
+        KeyValueStorage.Batch batch = idx.newBatch();
+        for (int entryId = 0; entryId < numEntriesPerLedger; ++entryId) {
+            for (int ledgerId = 0; ledgerId < numLedgers; ++ledgerId) {
+                idx.addLocation(batch, ledgerId, entryId, location);
+                location++;
+            }
+        }
+        batch.flush();
+        batch.close();
+
+
+        int expectedLocation = 0;
+        for (int entryId = 0; entryId < numEntriesPerLedger; ++entryId) {
+            for (int ledgerId = 0; ledgerId < numLedgers; ++ledgerId) {
+                assertEquals(expectedLocation, idx.getLocation(ledgerId, entryId));
+                expectedLocation++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int ledgerId = 0; ledgerId < numLedgers; ++ledgerId) {
+            if (ledgerId % 2 == 0) {
+                idx.delete(ledgerId);
+            }
+        }
+
+        expectedLocation = 0;
+        for (int entryId = 0; entryId < numEntriesPerLedger; ++entryId) {
+            for (int ledgerId = 0; ledgerId < numLedgers; ++ledgerId) {
+                assertEquals(expectedLocation, idx.getLocation(ledgerId, entryId));
+                expectedLocation++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        idx.removeOffsetFromDeletedLedgers();
+
+        expectedLocation = 0;
+        for (int entryId = 0; entryId < numEntriesPerLedger; ++entryId) {
+            for (int ledgerId = 0; ledgerId < numLedgers; ++ledgerId) {
+                if (ledgerId % 2 == 0) {
+                    assertEquals(0, idx.getLocation(ledgerId, entryId));
+                } else {
+                    assertEquals(expectedLocation, idx.getLocation(ledgerId, entryId));
+                }
+                expectedLocation++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        idx.close();
+    }
+
     // this tests if a ledger is added after it has been deleted
     @Test
     public void addLedgerAfterDeleteTest() throws Exception {
diff --git a/conf/bk_server.conf b/conf/bk_server.conf
index 94cfe727368..c1696ca3be3 100755
--- a/conf/bk_server.conf
+++ b/conf/bk_server.conf
@@ -756,10 +756,6 @@ gcEntryLogMetadataCacheEnabled=false
 # Default is to use 10% / numberOfLedgers of the direct memory size
 # dbStorage_rocksDB_blockCacheSize=
 
-# entry log location index delete entries batch size from RocksDB.
-# Default is 100000
-# rocksDBDeleteEntriesBatchSize=100000
-
 # Other RocksDB specific tunables
 # dbStorage_rocksDB_writeBufferSizeMB=64
 # dbStorage_rocksDB_sstSizeInMB=64