diff --git a/iocore/eventsystem/P_Freer.h b/iocore/eventsystem/P_Freer.h
index 837c31e16..f028c7727 100644
--- a/iocore/eventsystem/P_Freer.h
+++ b/iocore/eventsystem/P_Freer.h
@@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ public: // Needed by WinNT compiler (compiler bug)
   DeleterContinuation(C *ap) : Continuation(new_ProxyMutex()), p(ap) { SET_HANDLER(&DeleterContinuation::dieEvent); }
 };

+// This can be useful for two things (or both):
+//    1. Make sure to schedule a delete on an ET_TASK thread
+//    2. Delay the delete (this should be used sparingly)
 template <class C>
 TS_INLINE void
 new_Deleter(C *ap, ink_hrtime t)
 {
-  eventProcessor.schedule_in(new DeleterContinuation<C>(ap), t, ET_TASK);
+  if (t > 0) {
+    eventProcessor.schedule_in(new DeleterContinuation<C>(ap), t, ET_TASK);
+  } else {
+    eventProcessor.schedule_imm(new DeleterContinuation<C>(ap), ET_TASK);
+  }
 }

 template <class C> struct FreeCallContinuation : public Continuation {
diff --git a/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.h b/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.h
index ef520d41d..b6bb3c02f 100644
--- a/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.h
+++ b/proxy/http/remap/UrlRewrite.h
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ public:
   release()
   {
     if (0 == REF_COUNT_OBJ_REFCOUNT_DEC(this)) {
-      // We chedule this for a little bit later, which also lets us do the cleanp on the ET_TASK threads.
-      // This avoids doing costly things on an ET_NET thread.
+      // Delete this on an ET_TASK thread, which avoids doing potentially slow things on an ET_NET thread.
       Debug("url_rewrite", "Deleting old configuration in 5sec");
-      new_Deleter(this, HRTIME_SECOND * 5);
+      new_Deleter(this, 0);
     }
   }