diff --git a/src/shared/db/attendees/delete.ts b/src/shared/db/attendees/delete.ts
index af7f2d6c5..275f7c088 100644
--- a/src/shared/db/attendees/delete.ts
+++ b/src/shared/db/attendees/delete.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
  * Deletion for attendees.
  */
 
-import type { InValue } from "@libsql/client";
 import {
   deleteByFieldStatement,
   executeBatch,
   queryAll,
+  type SqlStatement,
 } from "#shared/db/client.ts";
 import { ticketCountSumExpr } from "#shared/db/migrations/schema/listing-aggregates.ts";
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const attendeeListingContributions = (
 
 const restoreListingContributions = (
   contributions: ListingContribution[],
-): Array<{ sql: string; args: InValue[] }> =>
+): SqlStatement[] =>
   contributions.map((row) => ({
     args: [row.booked_quantity, row.tickets_count, row.listing_id],
     sql: `UPDATE listings
@@ -59,15 +59,22 @@ const DEPENDENT_ROW_TARGETS = [
   { field: "servicing_attendee_id", table: "service_costs" },
 ] as const;
 
+/** Build the common dependent-row deletes for one or many attendee ids. */
+export const attendeeDependentDeleteStatements = (
+  attendeeIds: SqlStatement,
+): SqlStatement[] =>
+  DEPENDENT_ROW_TARGETS.map(({ field, table }) => ({
+    args: attendeeIds.args,
+    sql: `DELETE FROM ${table} WHERE ${field} IN (${attendeeIds.sql})`,
+  }));
+
 /** Delete an attendee and all dependent data tied to the attendee record. */
 const purgeAttendee = (
   attendeeId: number,
   contributions: ListingContribution[],
 ): Promise<void> =>
   executeBatch([
-    ...DEPENDENT_ROW_TARGETS.map((target) =>
-      deleteByFieldStatement({ ...target, value: attendeeId }),
-    ),
+    ...attendeeDependentDeleteStatements({ args: [attendeeId], sql: "?" }),
     ...restoreListingContributions(contributions),
     deleteByFieldStatement({
       field: "id",
diff --git a/src/shared/db/orphan-attendees.ts b/src/shared/db/orphan-attendees.ts
index 8c9d15e9c..55e7131d5 100644
--- a/src/shared/db/orphan-attendees.ts
+++ b/src/shared/db/orphan-attendees.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * listing" when the underlying row is gone.
  */
 
+import { attendeeDependentDeleteStatements } from "#shared/db/attendees/delete.ts";
 import { executeBatchWithResults, queryOne } from "#shared/db/client.ts";
 
 /**
@@ -35,16 +36,6 @@ const ORPHAN_IDS = `SELECT attendee.id
          WHERE booking.attendee_id = attendee.id
       )`;
 
-/** Dependent tables keyed by attendee_id, cleared before the attendees rows.
- * Mirrors the canonical deleteAttendee purge set (listing_attendees is empty
- * for a true orphan, but is included for exact parity and race safety). */
-const ORPHAN_DEPENDENT_TABLES = [
-  "processed_payments",
-  "attendee_answers",
-  "listing_attendees",
-  "system_notes",
-] as const;
-
 /** Count orphaned attendees whose `created` is before `cutoffIso`. */
 export const countOrphanedAttendees = async (
   cutoffIso: string,
@@ -67,16 +58,10 @@ export const purgeOrphanedAttendees = async (
   cutoffIso: string,
 ): Promise<number> => {
   const statements = [
-    ...ORPHAN_DEPENDENT_TABLES.map((table) => ({
-      args: [cutoffIso],
-      sql: `DELETE FROM ${table} WHERE attendee_id IN (${ORPHAN_IDS})`,
-    })),
-    // service_costs uses servicing_attendee_id (not attendee_id), so it cannot
-    // be in ORPHAN_DEPENDENT_TABLES; handle it separately to match deleteAttendee.
-    {
+    ...attendeeDependentDeleteStatements({
       args: [cutoffIso],
-      sql: `DELETE FROM service_costs WHERE servicing_attendee_id IN (${ORPHAN_IDS})`,
-    },
+      sql: ORPHAN_IDS,
+    }),
     {
       args: [cutoffIso],
       sql: `DELETE FROM attendees WHERE id IN (${ORPHAN_IDS})`,
diff --git a/test/integration/servicing/purge-edge-cases.test.ts b/test/integration/servicing/purge-edge-cases.test.ts
index fc7eeba64..7b22ec517 100644
--- a/test/integration/servicing/purge-edge-cases.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/servicing/purge-edge-cases.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Behaviour under test (all shipped):
  *   - `purgeOrphanedAttendees` deletes `system_notes` rows for swept orphans
- *     (`system_notes` is in `ORPHAN_DEPENDENT_TABLES`).
+ *     (`system_notes` is a dependent row cleared by the shared attendee purge set).
  *   - A cost-bearing servicing event purged as an orphan leaves its cost legs
  *     as orphaned history — the transfers ledger is append-only, so the purge
  *     never reverses them.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 
 // jscpd:ignore-end
 
-/** Insert a system_notes row for an attendee (the table the purge omits). */
+/** Insert a system_notes row for an attendee (a dependent row the purge clears). */
 const attachSystemNote = async (attendeeId: number): Promise<void> => {
   await getDb().execute({
     args: [attendeeId],
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describeWithEnv("servicing edge cases — purge", { db: true }, () => {
     await attachSystemNote(id);
     expect(await childRowCount("system_notes", id)).toBe(1);
     await purgeOrphanedAttendees(nowIso());
-    // system_notes is in ORPHAN_DEPENDENT_TABLES, so the purge clears it.
+    // system_notes is a dependent row, so the shared purge clears it.
     expect(await childRowCount("system_notes", id)).toBe(0);
   });
 
diff --git a/test/shared/db/orphan-attendees.test.ts b/test/shared/db/orphan-attendees.test.ts
index 01add3c58..42aaa978a 100644
--- a/test/shared/db/orphan-attendees.test.ts
+++ b/test/shared/db/orphan-attendees.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   countOrphanedAttendees,
   purgeOrphanedAttendees,
 } from "#shared/db/orphan-attendees.ts";
+import { createSystemNote, getNoteRows } from "#shared/db/system-notes.ts";
 import { nowIso, nowMs } from "#shared/now.ts";
 import { describeWithEnv } from "#test-utils/db.ts";
 import { createTestAttendeeDirect } from "#test-utils/db-helpers/attendees.ts";
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ describeWithEnv("db > orphan-attendees", { db: true }, () => {
       expect(remaining?.c).toBe(0);
     });
 
-    test("removes the orphan's dependent answer and payment rows", async () => {
+    test("removes the orphan's dependent rows", async () => {
       const id = await insertOrphan(daysAgoIso(365));
       await getDb().execute(
         insert("attendee_answers", {
@@ -141,11 +142,13 @@ describeWithEnv("db > orphan-attendees", { db: true }, () => {
           processed_at: nowIso(),
         }),
       );
+      await createSystemNote(id, "orphan note");
 
       await purgeOrphanedAttendees(nowIso());
 
       expect(await childCount("attendee_answers", id)).toBe(0);
       expect(await childCount("processed_payments", id)).toBe(0);
+      expect(await getNoteRows([id])).toEqual([]);
     });
   });
 });