diff --git a/core/loaders/doab.py b/core/loaders/doab.py
index 73e67d94..eeb99759 100644
--- a/core/loaders/doab.py
+++ b/core/loaders/doab.py
@@ -450,6 +450,14 @@ def getdoab(url):
         return id_match.group(1)
     return False
 
+
+def get_doab_record(doab_id):
+    record_id = 'oai:directory.doabooks.org:%s' % doab_id
+    try:
+        return doab_client.getRecord(metadataPrefix='oai_dc', identifier=record_id)
+    except IdDoesNotExistError:
+        return None
+
 def load_doab_oai(from_date, until_date, limit=100):
     '''
     use oai feed to get oai updates
diff --git a/core/management/commands/dedupe_doab.py b/core/management/commands/dedupe_doab.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..097db2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/management/commands/dedupe_doab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db.models import Count,Subquery, OuterRef, IntegerField
+
+from regluit.core.loaders.doab import get_doab_record
+from regluit.core.models import Work, Identifier
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "remove duplicate doab ids "
+
+    def handle(self, **options):
+        doab_works = Work.objects.annotate(
+            doab_count=Subquery(
+                Identifier.objects.filter(
+                    type='doab',
+                    work=OuterRef('pk')
+                ).values('work')
+                .annotate(cnt=Count('pk'))
+                .values('cnt'),
+                output_field=IntegerField()
+            )
+        )
+        for w in doab_works.filter(doab_count__gt=1):
+            for ident in w.identifiers.filter(type="doab"):
+                record = get_doab_record(ident.value)
+                if not record:
+                    self.stdout.write('removing %s' % ident.value)
+                    ident.delete()