diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
index 87b701cfc4..1828d66daf 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
@@ -1455,11 +1455,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
                 var uow = _uowProvider.GetUnitOfWork();
                 using (var repository = _repositoryFactory.CreateContentRepository(uow))
                 {
-                    //Only loop through content that was successfully published, was not already published and where the Published property has been updated
+                    //NOTE The Publish with subpages-dialog was used more as a republish-type-thing, so we'll have to include PublishStatusType.SuccessAlreadyPublished
+                    //in the updated-list, so the Published event is triggered with the expected set of pages and the xml is updated.
                     foreach (var item in publishedOutcome.Where(
-                        x => x.Success
-                             && x.Result.StatusType != PublishStatusType.SuccessAlreadyPublished
-                             && ((ICanBeDirty)x.Result.ContentItem).IsPropertyDirty("Published")))
+                        x => x.Success || x.Result.StatusType == PublishStatusType.SuccessAlreadyPublished))
                     {
                         item.Result.ContentItem.WriterId = userId;
                         repository.AddOrUpdate(item.Result.ContentItem);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Strategies/Publishing/UpdateCacheAfterPublish.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Strategies/Publishing/UpdateCacheAfterPublish.cs
index 197a88fc56..f76198d2c3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Strategies/Publishing/UpdateCacheAfterPublish.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Strategies/Publishing/UpdateCacheAfterPublish.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Events;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Publishing;
 using Umbraco.Web.Cache;
-using umbraco;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
-using umbraco.interfaces;
-using umbraco.presentation.cache;
-using UmbracoSettings = Umbraco.Core.Configuration.UmbracoSettings;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Strategies.Publishing
 {