diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
index d72fdc5ba5..aa165b7d0c 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/accesslog.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ accesslog_purge( void *ctx, void *arg )
 		op->o_tag = LDAP_REQ_DELETE;
 		op->o_callback = &nullsc;
 		op->o_csn = pd.csn;
+		op->o_dont_replicate = 1;
 
 		for (i=0; i<pd.used; i++) {
 			op->o_req_dn = pd.dn[i];