diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
index dfd39405ea..9f4ce4aa63 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
@@ -2264,8 +2264,6 @@ class Core {
             int initialize = jargs.optInt(4, folder.initialize);
             boolean force = jargs.optBoolean(5, false);
 
-            if (force)
-                sync_days = keep_days;
             if (keep_days == sync_days && keep_days != Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                 keep_days++;