diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
index d263002da..8ca14228f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js
@@ -93,19 +93,10 @@ exports.handleDataImport = async (appId, user, table, dataImport) => {
         }
       }
 
-      // make sure link rows are up to date
-      finalData.push(
-        linkRows.updateLinks({
-          appId,
-          eventType: linkRows.EventType.ROW_SAVE,
-          row,
-          tableId: row.tableId,
-          table,
-        })
-      )
+      finalData.push(row)
     }
 
-    await db.bulkDocs(await Promise.all(finalData))
+    await db.bulkDocs(finalData)
     let response = await db.put(table)
     table._rev = response._rev
   }