diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Configuration.java
index b64337a..5a78a0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/Configuration.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     this.archiveDeletedRepos = cfg.getBoolean("archiveDeletedRepos", false);
     this.deleteTrashFoldersMaxAllowedTime =
         getTrashFoldersMaxAllowedTimeFromConfig(
-            cfg.getString("deleteTrashFoldersMaxAllowedTime", pluginData.toString()));
+            cfg.getString("deleteTrashFoldersMaxAllowedTime"));
     this.archiveFolder =
         getArchiveFolderFromConfig(cfg.getString("archiveFolder", pluginData.toString()));
     this.deleteArchivedReposAfter =
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/ConfigurationTest.java
index 289dc98..7d3336c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/deleteproject/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
     assertThat(deleteConfig.shouldArchiveDeletedRepos()).isFalse();
     assertThat(deleteConfig.getArchiveDuration()).isEqualTo(DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_DURATION_MS);
     assertThat(deleteConfig.getArchiveFolder().toString()).isEqualTo(pluginDataDir.toString());
+    assertThat(deleteConfig.getDeleteTrashFoldersMaxAllowedTime())
+        .isEqualTo(
+            TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(
+                Configuration.DEFAULT_TRASH_FOLDER_MAX_ALLOWED_TIME_MINUTES));
   }
 
   @Test