diff --git a/rust/src/protocol/checkpoints.rs b/rust/src/protocol/checkpoints.rs
index b8b60ae0f4..532f1cf68c 100644
--- a/rust/src/protocol/checkpoints.rs
+++ b/rust/src/protocol/checkpoints.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub async fn create_checkpoint(table: &DeltaTable) -> Result<(), ProtocolError>
 
 /// Delete expires log files before given version from table. The table log retention is based on
 /// the `logRetentionDuration` property of the Delta Table, 30 days by default.
-pub async fn cleanup_metadata(table: &DeltaTable) -> Result<i32, ProtocolError> {
+pub async fn cleanup_metadata(table: &DeltaTable) -> Result<usize, ProtocolError> {
     let log_retention_timestamp =
         Utc::now().timestamp_millis() - table.get_state().log_retention_millis();
     cleanup_expired_logs_for(
@@ -146,54 +146,49 @@ pub async fn cleanup_expired_logs_for(
     until_version: i64,
     storage: &DeltaObjectStore,
     cutoff_timestamp: i64,
-) -> Result<i32, ProtocolError> {
+) -> Result<usize, ProtocolError> {
     lazy_static! {
         static ref DELTA_LOG_REGEX: Regex =
             Regex::new(r"_delta_log/(\d{20})\.(json|checkpoint).*$").unwrap();
     }
 
-    let mut deleted_log_num = 0;
-
-    // Get file objects from table.
-    let mut candidates = Vec::new();
-    let mut stream = storage.list(Some(storage.log_path())).await?;
-    while let Some(obj_meta) = stream.try_next().await? {
-        let ts = obj_meta.last_modified.timestamp_millis();
-
-        if let Some(captures) = DELTA_LOG_REGEX.captures(obj_meta.location.as_ref()) {
-            let log_ver_str = captures.get(1).unwrap().as_str();
-            let log_ver: i64 = log_ver_str.parse().unwrap();
-            if log_ver < until_version && ts <= cutoff_timestamp {
-                candidates.push(obj_meta);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Perform rolling deletes if more than 1000 objects are up for deletion
-        if candidates.len() > 1000 {
-            let deleted = storage
-                .delete_stream(
-                    futures::stream::iter(candidates.iter().cloned().map(|f| Ok(f.location)))
-                        .boxed(),
-                )
-                .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                .await?;
-            deleted_log_num += deleted.len() as i32;
-            candidates.clear();
-        }
-    }
-
-    if !candidates.is_empty() {
-        let deleted = storage
-            .delete_stream(
-                futures::stream::iter(candidates.iter().cloned().map(|f| Ok(f.location))).boxed(),
-            )
-            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .await?;
-        deleted_log_num += deleted.len() as i32;
-        candidates.clear();
-    }
+    // Feed a stream of candidate deletion files directly into the delete_stream
+    // function to try to improve the speed of cleanup and reduce the need for
+    // intermediate memory.
+    let deleted = storage
+        .delete_stream(
+            storage
+                .list(Some(storage.log_path()))
+                .await?
+                // Pass along only the Ok results from storage.list
+                .filter(|res| futures::future::ready(res.is_ok()))
+                // This predicate function will filter out any locations that don't
+                // match the given timestamp range
+                .filter_map(|meta: Result<crate::ObjectMeta, _>| async move {
+                    let meta = meta.unwrap();
+                    let ts = meta.last_modified.timestamp_millis();
+
+                    match DELTA_LOG_REGEX.captures(meta.location.as_ref()) {
+                        Some(captures) => {
+                            let log_ver_str = captures.get(1).unwrap().as_str();
+                            let log_ver: i64 = log_ver_str.parse().unwrap();
+                            if log_ver < until_version && ts <= cutoff_timestamp {
+                                // This location is ready to be deleted
+                                Some(Ok(meta.location))
+                            } else {
+                                None
+                            }
+                        }
+                        None => None,
+                    }
+                })
+                .boxed(),
+        )
+        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await?;
 
-    Ok(deleted_log_num)
+    debug!("Deleted {} expired logs", deleted.len());
+    Ok(deleted.len())
 }
 
 fn parquet_bytes_from_state(