diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/management/commands/prune_skipped_uploads.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/management/commands/prune_skipped_uploads.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dcf75380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/management/commands/prune_skipped_uploads.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from django.db import transaction
+
+from funkwhale_api.music import models
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = """
+    This command makes it easy to prune all skipped Uploads from the database.
+    Due to a bug they might caused the database to grow exponentially,
+    especially when using in-place-imports on a regular basis. This command
+    helps to clean up the database again.
+    """
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--force",
+            default=False,
+            help="Disable dry run mode and apply pruning for real on the database",
+        )
+
+    @transaction.atomic
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        skipped = models.Uploads.objects.filter(import_status="skipped")
+        count = len(skipped)
+        if options["force"]:
+            skipped.delete()
+            print(f"Deleted {count} entries from the database.")
+            return
+
+        print(
+            f"Would delete {count} entries from the database.\
+            Run with --force to actually apply changes to the database"
+        )
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
index b01f68e5f..3fef2c253 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ def process_upload(upload, update_denormalization=True):
         upload.import_status = "skipped"
         upload.import_details = {
             "code": "already_imported_in_owned_libraries",
-            "duplicates": list(owned_duplicates),
+            # In order to avoid exponential growth of the database, we only
+            # reference the first known upload which gets duplicated
+            "duplicates": owned_duplicates[0],
         }
         upload.import_date = timezone.now()
         upload.save(
@@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ def get_owned_duplicates(upload, track):
         )
         .exclude(pk=upload.pk)
         .values_list("uuid", flat=True)
+        .order_by("creation_date")
     )
 
 
diff --git a/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py b/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
index 414bf95e7..6be18a35b 100644
--- a/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
+++ b/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def test_upload_import_skip_existing_track_in_own_library(factories, temp_signal
     assert duplicate.import_status == "skipped"
     assert duplicate.import_details == {
         "code": "already_imported_in_owned_libraries",
-        "duplicates": [str(existing.uuid)],
+        "duplicates": str(existing.uuid),
     }
 
     handler.assert_called_once_with(
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/1676.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/1676.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e77e2ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/1676.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix exponentially growing database when using in-place-imports on a regular base #1676