diff --git a/releng.control/cleanupArtifacts.sh b/releng.control/cleanupArtifacts.sh
index 5eb4e2ce17e23d173d20aa324ae01b5f86d7d5e8..f48bf5cd620ad7f9673be40d3266b9568869d4de 100644
--- a/releng.control/cleanupArtifacts.sh
+++ b/releng.control/cleanupArtifacts.sh
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ echo;
 # requires parent Directiory as first argument
 # if nDays not specified as second argument, then 0 is assumed 
 #    (which is one day)
-# if "saveAtLeast" is not set, as third argument, then assumed to be 1
-#    (that is, at least "saveAtLeast" directories will be saved, no matter how old)
+
 function removeOldDirectories () {
 
 parentDir=$1;
 ndays=$2;
-saveAtLeast=$3;
+
 
 if [ -z $parentDir ]
 then
@@ -95,13 +94,6 @@ else
    echo "INFO: ndays set to $ndays";   
 fi
 
-if [ -z saveAtLeast ] 
-then 
-   echo "INFO: saveAtLeast not specified, 1 assumed";
-   saveAtLeast=0
-else 
-   echo "INFO: saveAtLeast set to $saveAtLeast";   
-fi
 
 echo;
 echo "    Removing directories older than ${ndays} days";
@@ -110,9 +102,9 @@ before=`find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l`;
 echo "            number of directories before cleaning: ${before}";
 
 # empty directories often result from "bad builds". We remove those no matter how old
-find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -empty -exec rm -fr '{}' \;
+find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 2 -type d -empty -exec rm -fr '{}' \;
 # now remove old ones
-find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -ctime +$ndays -execdir ${RELENG_CONTROL}/removeIf.sh '{}' \;
+find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -ctime +$ndays -exec ${RELENG_CONTROL}/removeIf.sh '{}' \;
 
 after=`find ${parentDir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l`;
 echo "            number of directories after cleaning: ${after}";
diff --git a/releng.control/removeArtifactDirIf.sh b/releng.control/removeArtifactDirIf.sh
index f3870a11bf4bee1b53fc7ee58544207e2525ebe1..8bb597ed0a31278ccccad92f54580f5dc6a6d39a 100644
--- a/releng.control/removeArtifactDirIf.sh
+++ b/releng.control/removeArtifactDirIf.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fi
 if [ -d $foundDirectory ] 
 then
   rm -fr $foundDirectory
-  echo "           removed: $foundDirectory";
+  echo "               removed: $foundDirectory";
 else
   echo "ERROR: the foundDirectory, $foundDirectory, is not a directory"
 fi