diff --git a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/src/datahub_airflow_plugin/datahub_listener.py b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/src/datahub_airflow_plugin/datahub_listener.py
index b0ee6dd06291a0..ab0efe72407c62 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/src/datahub_airflow_plugin/datahub_listener.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/src/datahub_airflow_plugin/datahub_listener.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import copy
 import functools
 import logging
@@ -579,16 +580,11 @@ def on_dag_start(self, dag_run: "DagRun") -> None:
             obsolete_pipelines = set(ingested_dataflow_urns) - set(airflow_flow_urns)
             obsolete_tasks = set(ingested_datajob_urns) - set(airflow_job_urns)
 
-            for obsolete_pipeline in obsolete_pipelines:
-                if self.graph.exists(str(obsolete_pipeline)):
-                    self.graph.soft_delete_entity(str(obsolete_pipeline))
+            obsolete_urns = obsolete_pipelines.union(obsolete_tasks)
 
-            logger.debug(f"total pipelines removed = {len(obsolete_pipelines)}")
-
-            for obsolete_task in obsolete_tasks:
-                if self.graph.exists(str(obsolete_task)):
-                    self.graph.soft_delete_entity(str(obsolete_task))
+            asyncio.run(self._soft_delete_obsolete_urns(obsolete_urns=obsolete_urns))
 
+            logger.debug(f"total pipelines removed = {len(obsolete_pipelines)}")
             logger.debug(f"total tasks removed = {len(obsolete_tasks)}")
 
     if HAS_AIRFLOW_DAG_LISTENER_API:
@@ -627,3 +623,13 @@ def on_dataset_changed(self, dataset: "Dataset") -> None:
             logger.debug(
                 f"DataHub listener got notification about dataset change for {dataset}"
             )
+
+    async def _soft_delete_obsolete_urns(self, obsolete_urns):
+        delete_tasks = [self._delete_obsolete_data(urn) for urn in obsolete_urns]
+        await asyncio.gather(*delete_tasks)
+
+    async def _delete_obsolete_data(self, obsolete_urn):
+        assert self.graph
+
+        if self.graph.exists(str(obsolete_urn)):
+            self.graph.soft_delete_entity(str(obsolete_urn))