diff --git a/http/Makefile b/http/Makefile
index 1656817..9bcd5c3 100644
--- a/http/Makefile
+++ b/http/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 all: clean out
 
+.PHONY: remove_deleted_posts
+remove_deleted_posts: remove_deleted_microlog_posts remove_deleted_blog_posts
+
+.PHONY: remove_deleted_microlog_posts
+remove_deleted_microlog_posts:
+	for post in $$(find src/microlog -name *.microlog.upphtml); do \
+	  post_basename="$$(basename "$$post")"; \
+		post_src="blogs/microlog/$${post_basename::$${#post_basename}-17}.gmi"; \
+		if ! [ -f "$$post_src" ]; then \
+	    echo "Microlog post source file $${post_src} has been deleted: removing $${post}"; \
+			rm -f "$$post" "$${post}.args"; \
+		fi; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: remove_deleted_blog_posts
+remove_deleted_blog_posts:
+	for post in $$(find src/blog -name *.blog.upphtml); do \
+	  post_basename="$$(basename "$$post")"; \
+		post_src="blogs/blog/$${post_basename::$${#post_basename}-13}.gmi"; \
+		if ! [ -f "$$post_src" ]; then \
+	    echo "Blog post source file $${post_src} has been deleted: removing $${post}"; \
+			rm -f "$$post" "$${post}.args"; \
+		fi; \
+	done
+
 out: microlog blog $(shell find src -type f) $(shell find share -type f) $(shell find bin)
 	./bin/mkws https://joeac.net