diff --git a/ietf/stats/utils.py b/ietf/stats/utils.py
index c3a20708f..25553192d 100644
--- a/ietf/stats/utils.py
+++ b/ietf/stats/utils.py
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ def get_meeting_registration_data(meeting):
             decoded = response.json()
         except ValueError:
             if response.content.strip() == 'Invalid meeting':
-                pass
+                logger.info('Invalid meeting: {}'.format(meeting.number))
+                return (0,0,0)
             else:
                 raise RuntimeError("Could not decode response from registrations API: '%s...'" % (response.content[:64], ))
 
@@ -307,16 +308,14 @@ def get_meeting_registration_data(meeting):
                 num_created += 1
             num_processed += 1
 
-        # handle deleted registrations, if count is reasonable
         # any registrations left in meeting_registrations no longer exist in reg
         # so must have been deleted
-        if  0 < len(meeting_registrations) < 5:
-            for r in meeting_registrations:
-                try:
-                    MeetingRegistration.objects.get(meeting=meeting,email=r[0],reg_type=r[1]).delete()
-                    logger.info('Removing deleted registration. email={}, reg_type={}'.format(r[0], r[1]))
-                except MeetingRegistration.DoesNotExist:
-                    pass
+        for r in meeting_registrations:
+            try:
+                MeetingRegistration.objects.get(meeting=meeting,email=r[0],reg_type=r[1]).delete()
+                logger.info('Removing deleted registration. email={}, reg_type={}'.format(r[0], r[1]))
+            except MeetingRegistration.DoesNotExist:
+                pass
     else:
         raise RuntimeError("Bad response from registrations API: %s, '%s'" % (response.status_code, response.content))
     num_total = MeetingRegistration.objects.filter(