diff --git a/ccollect b/ccollect
index bb44ed6..b8011ba 100755
--- a/ccollect
+++ b/ccollect
@@ -160,16 +160,29 @@ delete_from_file()
     file="$1"; shift
     suffix="" # It will be set, if deleting incomplete backups.
     [ $# -eq 1 ] && suffix="$1" && shift
+    # dirs for deletion will be moved to this trash dir inside destination dir
+    # - for fast mv operation
+    trash="$(mktemp -d ".trash.XXXXXX")"
     while read to_remove; do
+        mv "${to_remove}" "${trash}" ||
+            _exit_err "Moving ${to_remove} to ${trash} failed."
         set -- "$@" "${to_remove}"
         if [ "${suffix}" ]; then
             to_remove_no_suffix="$(echo ${to_remove} | sed "s/$suffix\$//")"
+            mv "${to_remove_no_suffix}" "${trash}" ||
+                _exit_err "Moving ${to_remove_no_suffix} to ${trash} failed."
             set -- "$@" "${to_remove_no_suffix}"
         fi
     done < "${file}"
-    _techo "Removing $@ ..."
-    [ "${VVERBOSE}" ] && echo rm "$@"
-    rm -rf "$@" || _exit_err "Removing $@ failed."
+    _techo "Removing $@ in ${trash}..."
+    empty_dir=".empty-dir"
+    mkdir "${empty_dir}" || _exit_err "Empty directory ${empty_dir} cannot be created."
+    [ "${VVERBOSE}" ] && echo "Starting: rsync -a --delete ${empty_dir} ${trash}"
+    # rsync needs ending slash for directory content
+    rsync -a --delete "${empty_dir}/" "${trash}/" || _exit_err "Removing $@ failed."
+    rmdir "${trash}" || _exit_err "Removing ${trash} directory failed"
+    rmdir "${empty_dir}" || _exit_err "Removing ${empty_dir} directory failed"
+    _techo "Removing $@ in ${trash} finished."
 }
 
 display_version()
@@ -698,10 +711,16 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
     if [ "$ret" -eq 0 ]; then
         _techo "Incomplete backups: $(echo $(cat "${TMP}"))"
         if [ -f "${c_delete_incomplete}" ]; then
-            delete_from_file "${TMP}" "${CMARKER}"
+            delete_from_file "${TMP}" "${CMARKER}" &
         fi
     fi
 
+    #
+    # Include current time in name, not the time when we began to remove above
+    #
+    export destination_name="${INTERVAL}.$(${CDATE}).$$-${source_no}"
+    export destination_dir="${ddir}/${destination_name}"
+
     #
     # Check: maximum number of backups is reached?
     #
@@ -710,19 +729,38 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
     _techo "Existing backups: ${count} Total keeping backups: ${c_interval}"
 
     if [ "${count}" -ge "${c_interval}" ]; then
-        remove="$((${count} - ${c_interval} + 1))"
-        _techo "Removing ${remove} backup(s)..."
+        # Use oldest directory as new backup destination directory.
+        # It need not to be deleted, rsync will sync its content.
+        oldest_bak=$(ls -${TSORT}1r | grep "^${INTERVAL}\\." | head -n 1 || \
+            _exit_err "Listing oldest backup failed")
+        _techo "Using ${oldest_bak} for destination dir ${destination_dir}"
+        if mv "${oldest_bak}" "${destination_dir}"; then
+            # Touch dest dir so it is not sorted wrong in listings below.
+            touch "${destination_dir}"
 
-        ls -${TSORT}1r | grep "^${INTERVAL}\\." | head -n "${remove}" > "${TMP}" || \
-                _exit_err "Listing old backups failed"
+            # We have something to remove only if count > interval.
+            remove="$((${count} - ${c_interval}))"
+        else
+            _techo_err "Renaming oldest backup ${oldest_bak} to ${destination_dir} failed, removing it."
+            remove="$((${count} - ${c_interval} + 1))"
+        fi
+        if [ "${remove}" -gt 0 ]; then
+            _techo "Removing ${remove} backup(s)..."
 
-        delete_from_file "${TMP}"
+            ls -${TSORT}1r | grep "^${INTERVAL}\\." | head -n "${remove}" > "${TMP}" || \
+                    _exit_err "Listing old backups failed"
+
+            delete_from_file "${TMP}" &
+        fi
     fi
 
     #
     # Check for backup directory to clone from: Always clone from the latest one!
+    # Exclude destination_dir from listing, it can be touched reused and renamed
+    # oldest existing destination directory.
     #
-    last_dir="$(ls -${TSORT}p1 | grep '/$' | head -n 1)" || \
+    dest_dir_name=$(basename "${destination_dir}")
+    last_dir="$(ls -${TSORT}p1 | grep '/$' | grep -v "${dest_dir_name}" | head -n 1)" || \
         _exit_err "Failed to list contents of ${ddir}."
 
     #
@@ -733,12 +771,6 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
         _techo "Hard linking from ${last_dir}"
     fi
 
-    #
-    # Include current time in name, not the time when we began to remove above
-    #
-    export destination_name="${INTERVAL}.$(${CDATE}).$$-${source_no}"
-    export destination_dir="${ddir}/${destination_name}"
-
     #
     # Mark backup running and go back to original directory
     #
@@ -807,6 +839,9 @@ while [ "${source_no}" -lt "${no_sources}" ]; do
     _techo "Backup lasted: ${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds} (h:m:s)"
 
     unlock "${name}"
+
+    # wait for children (doing delete_from_file) if any still running
+    wait
 ) || exit
 done
 
diff --git a/doc/changes/next b/doc/changes/next
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a68cbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/next
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Improve performance, improve process of deletion of old backups