--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/backuppc/etc/BackupPC/config.pl b/backuppc/etc/BackupPC/config.pl
+index ced0e69..e921cbd 100644
+--- a/backuppc/etc/BackupPC/config.pl
++++ b/backuppc/etc/BackupPC/config.pl
+@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [
+ # times $Conf{FullPeriod} if $Conf{FullKeepCnt} specifies enough
+ # full backups to exceed $Conf{FullAgeMax}.
+ #
+-$Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = '1';
+-$Conf{FullAgeMax} = '90';
++$Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = '999999';
++$Conf{FullAgeMax} = '999999';
+
+ #
+ # Number of incremental backups to keep. Must be >= 1.
+@@ -505,15 +505,15 @@ $Conf{FullAgeMax} = '90';
+ # the oldest one is removed. If this number is decreased, the
+ # extra old backups will be removed.
+ #
+-$Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = '6';
++$Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = '999999';
+
+ #
+ # Very old incremental backups are removed after $Conf{IncrAgeMax} days.
+ # However, we keep at least $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} incremental backups no
+ # matter how old they are.
+ #
+-$Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = '1';
+-$Conf{IncrAgeMax} = '30';
++$Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = '999999';
++$Conf{IncrAgeMax} = '999999';
+
+ #
+ # Level of each incremental. "Level" follows the terminology