diff --git a/data/database.py b/data/database.py
index dd4a2eb77..0d42fc009 100644
--- a/data/database.py
+++ b/data/database.py
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ class Repository(BaseModel):
 
     # These models don't need to use transitive deletes, because the referenced objects
     # are cleaned up directly
-    skip_transitive_deletes = {RepositoryTag, RepositoryBuild, RepositoryBuildTrigger, BlobUpload}
+    skip_transitive_deletes = {RepositoryTag, RepositoryBuild, RepositoryBuildTrigger, BlobUpload,
+                               Image}
 
     # We need to sort the ops so that models get cleaned in order of their dependencies
     ops = reversed(list(self.dependencies(delete_nullable)))