diff --git a/planetstack/syndicate_observer/steps/sync_volumeaccessright.py b/planetstack/syndicate_observer/steps/sync_volumeaccessright.py
index 360cb6f..e3700fd 100644
--- a/planetstack/syndicate_observer/steps/sync_volumeaccessright.py
+++ b/planetstack/syndicate_observer/steps/sync_volumeaccessright.py
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
     def __init__(self, **args):
         SyncStep.__init__(self, **args)
 
-    def fetch_pending(self):
-        return VolumeAccessRight.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None))
-
     def sync_record(self, vac):
         
         syndicate_caps = "UNKNOWN"  # for exception handling
@@ -92,6 +89,11 @@
             raise e
 
         return True
+    
+    # Jude: this will simply go on to purge the object from
+    # OpenCloud. The previous 'deleter' version was a no-op also.
+    def delete_record(self, obj):
+        pass
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":