diff --git a/app/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker.rb b/app/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..462005d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module HtmlVariants
+  class RemoveOldDataWorker
+    include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+    sidekiq_options queue: :low_priority, retry: 15
+
+    def perform
+      HtmlVariantTrial.destroy_by("created_at < ?", 2.weeks.ago)
+      HtmlVariantSuccess.destroy_by("created_at < ?", 2.weeks.ago)
+      HtmlVariant.find_each do |html_variant|
+        html_variant.calculate_success_rate! if html_variant.html_variant_successes.any?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/schedule.yml b/config/schedule.yml
index 86b9cf09a..b07eb7859 100644
--- a/config/schedule.yml
+++ b/config/schedule.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ award_contributor_badges_from_github:
     - ""
     - award_contributor_badges_from_github
     - ""
+remove_old_html_variant_data:
+  cron: "10 * * * *" # every hour, 10 min after the hour
+  class: "HtmlVariants::RemoveOldDataWorker"
 resave_supported_tags:
   cron: "25 0 * * *" # daily at 12:25 am UTC
   class: "Tags::ResaveSupportedTagsWorker"
diff --git a/lib/tasks/fetch.rake b/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
index 7582cc1ee..9269e998a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@ task github_repo_fetch_all: :environment do
   GithubRepo.update_to_latest
 end
 
-task remove_old_html_variant_data: :environment do
-  HtmlVariantTrial.destroy_by("created_at < ?", 2.weeks.ago)
-  HtmlVariantSuccess.destroy_by("created_at < ?", 2.weeks.ago)
-  HtmlVariant.find_each do |html_variant|
-    html_variant.calculate_success_rate! if html_variant.html_variant_successes.any?
-  end
-end
-
 task fix_credits_count_cache: :environment do
   Credit.counter_culture_fix_counts only: %i[user organization]
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/html_variant_successes.rb b/spec/factories/html_variant_successes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..258956db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/html_variant_successes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :html_variant_success do
+    article
+    html_variant
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/factories/html_variant_trials.rb b/spec/factories/html_variant_trials.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2807ecff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/html_variant_trials.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :html_variant_trial do
+    article
+    html_variant
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b5a84d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/html_variants/remove_old_data_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe HtmlVariants::RemoveOldDataWorker, type: :worker do
+  let(:worker) { subject }
+
+  include_examples "#enqueues_on_correct_queue", "low_priority"
+
+  describe "#perform" do
+    it "removes old html variants" do
+      Timecop.freeze do
+        old_trial_id = create(:html_variant_trial, created_at: 1.month.ago).id
+        old_success_id = create(:html_variant_success, created_at: 1.month.ago).id
+        new_trial = create(:html_variant_trial, created_at: Time.current)
+        new_trial.html_variant.update(success_rate: 0)
+
+        worker.perform
+
+        expect(HtmlVariantTrial.find_by(id: old_trial_id)).to be_nil
+        expect(HtmlVariantSuccess.find_by(id: old_success_id)).to be_nil
+        expect(HtmlVariantTrial.find_by(id: new_trial.id)).not_to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end