diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/VersionableRepositoryBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/VersionableRepositoryBase.cs
index 31ac9d9a9e..44e9349de1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/VersionableRepositoryBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/VersionableRepositoryBase.cs
@@ -501,17 +501,6 @@ WHERE EXISTS(
                     var propertyFactory = new PropertyFactory(compositionProperties, def.Version, def.Id, def.CreateDate, def.VersionDate);
                     var properties = propertyFactory.BuildEntity(propertyDataDtos.ToArray()).ToArray();
 
-                    var newProperties = properties.Where(x => x.HasIdentity == false && x.PropertyType.HasIdentity);
-
-                    foreach (var property in newProperties)
-                    {
-                        var propertyDataDto = new PropertyDataDto { NodeId = def.Id, PropertyTypeId = property.PropertyTypeId, VersionId = def.Version };
-                        int primaryKey = Convert.ToInt32(Database.Insert(propertyDataDto));
-
-                        property.Version = def.Version;
-                        property.Id = primaryKey;
-                    }
-
                     foreach (var property in properties)
                     {
                         //NOTE: The benchmarks run with and without the following code show very little change so this is not a perf bottleneck
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/ContentPropertyBasic.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/ContentPropertyBasic.cs
index 942766aa40..f317771333 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/ContentPropertyBasic.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ContentEditing/ContentPropertyBasic.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
     [DataContract(Name = "property", Namespace = "")]
     public class ContentPropertyBasic
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is the cmsPropertyData ID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This is not really used for anything
+        /// </remarks>
         [DataMember(Name = "id", IsRequired = true)]
         [Required]
         public int Id { get; set; }