diff --git a/src/repo/postgres.rs b/src/repo/postgres.rs
index e14d493..346670d 100644
--- a/src/repo/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/repo/postgres.rs
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING"#,
         if let Some(d_tag) = e.distinct_param() {
             let update_count;
             if is_lower_hex(&d_tag) && (d_tag.len() % 2 == 0) {
-                update_count = sqlx::query("DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=$1 AND pub_key=$2 AND id NOT IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=$1 AND e.pub_key=$2 AND t.name='d' AND t.value_hex=$3 ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1);")
+                update_count = sqlx::query("DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=$1 AND pub_key=$2 AND id IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=$1 AND e.pub_key=$2 AND t.name='d' AND t.value_hex=$3 ORDER BY created_at DESC OFFSET 1);")
                     .bind(e.kind as i64)
                     .bind(hex::decode(&e.pubkey).ok())
                     .bind(hex::decode(d_tag).ok())
                     .execute(&mut tx)
                     .await?.rows_affected();
             } else {
-                update_count = sqlx::query("DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=$1 AND pub_key=$2 AND id NOT IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=$1 AND e.pub_key=$2 AND t.name='d' AND t.value=$3 ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1);")
+                update_count = sqlx::query("DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=$1 AND pub_key=$2 AND id IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=$1 AND e.pub_key=$2 AND t.name='d' AND t.value=$3 ORDER BY created_at DESC OFFSET 1);")
                     .bind(e.kind as i64)
                     .bind(hex::decode(&e.pubkey).ok())
                     .bind(d_tag.as_bytes())
diff --git a/src/repo/sqlite.rs b/src/repo/sqlite.rs
index f6e5912..8f93de2 100644
--- a/src/repo/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/repo/sqlite.rs
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ impl SqliteRepo {
             let update_count;
             if is_lower_hex(&d_tag) && (d_tag.len() % 2 == 0) {
                 update_count = tx.execute(
-                    "DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=? AND author=? AND id NOT IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=? AND e.author=? AND t.name='d' AND t.value_hex=? ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1);",
+                    "DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=? AND author=? AND id IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=? AND e.author=? AND t.name='d' AND t.value_hex=? ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT -1 OFFSET 1);",
                     params![e.kind, pubkey_blob, e.kind, pubkey_blob, hex::decode(d_tag).ok()])?;
             } else {
                 update_count = tx.execute(
-                    "DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=? AND author=? AND id NOT IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=? AND e.author=? AND t.name='d' AND t.value=? ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 1);",
+                    "DELETE FROM event WHERE kind=? AND author=? AND id IN (SELECT e.id FROM event e LEFT JOIN tag t ON e.id=t.event_id WHERE e.kind=? AND e.author=? AND t.name='d' AND t.value=? ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT -1 OFFSET 1);",
                     params![e.kind, pubkey_blob, e.kind, pubkey_blob, d_tag])?;
             }
             if update_count > 0 {