diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/import/runner/blocks.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/import/runner/blocks.ex
index 7d7c7e0ca1..5253256f41 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/import/runner/blocks.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain/import/runner/blocks.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain.Import.Runner.Blocks do
   import Ecto.Query, only: [from: 2, subquery: 1]
 
   alias Ecto.{Changeset, Multi, Repo}
-  alias Explorer.Chain
   alias Explorer.Chain.{Address, Block, Import, PendingBlockOperation, Transaction}
   alias Explorer.Chain.Block.Reward
   alias Explorer.Chain.Import.Runner
@@ -303,8 +302,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain.Import.Runner.Blocks do
         timeout: timeout
       )
 
-    :ok = Chain.remove_nonconsensus_blocks_from_pending_ops(removed_consensus_block_hashes)
-
     {:ok, removed_consensus_block_hashes}
   rescue
     postgrex_error in Postgrex.Error ->
diff --git a/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner.ex b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd3e39950c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+defmodule Indexer.PendingOpsCleaner do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Peiodically cleans non-consensus pending ops.
+  """
+
+  use GenServer
+
+  require Logger
+
+  alias Explorer.Chain
+
+  @interval :timer.minutes(60)
+
+  def start_link([init_opts, gen_server_opts]) do
+    start_link(init_opts, gen_server_opts)
+  end
+
+  def start_link(init_opts, gen_server_opts) do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, init_opts, gen_server_opts)
+  end
+
+  def init(opts) do
+    interval = opts[:interval] || @interval
+
+    Process.send_after(self(), :clean_nonconsensus_pending_ops, interval)
+
+    {:ok, %{interval: interval}}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info(:clean_nonconsensus_pending_ops, %{interval: interval} = state) do
+    Logger.debug(fn -> "Cleaning non-consensus pending ops" end)
+
+    clean_nonconsensus_pending_ops()
+
+    Process.send_after(self(), :clean_nonconsensus_pending_ops, interval)
+
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+  defp clean_nonconsensus_pending_ops do
+    :ok = Chain.remove_nonconsensus_blocks_from_pending_ops()
+
+    Logger.debug(fn -> "Non-consensus pending ops are cleaned" end)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
index f922a1a180..f22b6de487 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
+++ b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ defmodule Indexer.Supervisor do
 
   use Supervisor
 
-  alias Indexer.Block
+  alias Indexer.{Block, PendingOpsCleaner}
   alias Indexer.Block.{Catchup, Realtime}
 
   alias Indexer.Fetcher.{
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ defmodule Indexer.Supervisor do
         {UnclesWithoutIndex.Supervisor,
          [[json_rpc_named_arguments: json_rpc_named_arguments, memory_monitor: memory_monitor]]},
         {BlocksTransactionsMismatch.Supervisor,
-         [[json_rpc_named_arguments: json_rpc_named_arguments, memory_monitor: memory_monitor]]}
+         [[json_rpc_named_arguments: json_rpc_named_arguments, memory_monitor: memory_monitor]]},
+        {PendingOpsCleaner, [[], []]}
       ],
       strategy: :one_for_one
     )
diff --git a/apps/indexer/test/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner_test.exs b/apps/indexer/test/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8f1cbdb30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/indexer/test/indexer/pending_ops_cleaner_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+defmodule Indexer.PendingOpsCleanerTest do
+  use Explorer.DataCase
+
+  alias Explorer.Chain.PendingBlockOperation
+  alias Indexer.PendingOpsCleaner
+
+  describe "init/1" do
+    test "deletes non-consensus pending ops on init" do
+      block = insert(:block, consensus: false)
+
+      insert(:pending_block_operation, block_hash: block.hash, fetch_internal_transactions: true)
+
+      assert Repo.one(from(block in PendingBlockOperation, where: block.block_hash == ^block.hash))
+
+      start_supervised!({PendingOpsCleaner, [[interval: :timer.seconds(1)], [name: :PendingOpsTest]]})
+
+      Process.sleep(2_000)
+
+      assert is_nil(Repo.one(from(block in PendingBlockOperation, where: block.block_hash == ^block.hash)))
+    end
+
+    test "re-schedules deletion" do
+      start_supervised!({PendingOpsCleaner, [[interval: :timer.seconds(1)], [name: :PendingOpsTest]]})
+
+      block = insert(:block, consensus: false)
+
+      insert(:pending_block_operation, block_hash: block.hash, fetch_internal_transactions: true)
+
+      Process.sleep(2_000)
+
+      assert is_nil(Repo.one(from(block in PendingBlockOperation, where: block.block_hash == ^block.hash)))
+    end
+  end
+end