diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentTypeServiceBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentTypeServiceBase.cs
index c2dfd687dd..ef089a3c22 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentTypeServiceBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentTypeServiceBase.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <returns></returns>
         public bool HasContainerInPath(string contentPath)
         {
-            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork())
+            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork(readOnly: true))
             {
                 // can use same repo for both content and media
                 var repository = RepositoryFactory.CreateContentTypeRepository(uow);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ExternalLoginService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ExternalLoginService.cs
index 71ad0fcce9..2d2baeeb07 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ExternalLoginService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ExternalLoginService.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
     {
         public ExternalLoginService(IDatabaseUnitOfWorkProvider provider, RepositoryFactory repositoryFactory, ILogger logger, IEventMessagesFactory eventMessagesFactory)
             : base(provider, repositoryFactory, logger, eventMessagesFactory)
-        {
-        }
+        { }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns all user logins assigned
@@ -23,30 +22,32 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="userId"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public IEnumerable<IIdentityUserLogin> GetAll(int userId)
-        {            
-            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork())
+        {
+            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork(readOnly: true))
             {
+                // ToList is important here, must evaluate within uow!
                 var repo = RepositoryFactory.CreateExternalLoginRepository(uow);
-                var ret = repo.GetByQuery(new Query<IIdentityUserLogin>().Where(x => x.UserId == userId));
-                uow.Commit();
-                return ret;
+                return repo.GetByQuery(new Query<IIdentityUserLogin>()
+                    .Where(x => x.UserId == userId))
+                    .ToList();
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Returns all logins matching the login info - generally there should only be one but in some cases 
+        /// Returns all logins matching the login info - generally there should only be one but in some cases
         /// there might be more than one depending on if an adminstrator has been editing/removing members
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="login"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public IEnumerable<IIdentityUserLogin> Find(UserLoginInfo login)
         {
-            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork())
+            using (var uow = UowProvider.GetUnitOfWork(readOnly: true))
             {
+                // ToList is important here, must evaluate within uow!
                 var repo = RepositoryFactory.CreateExternalLoginRepository(uow);
-                var ret = repo.GetByQuery(new Query<IIdentityUserLogin>().Where(x => x.ProviderKey == login.ProviderKey && x.LoginProvider == login.LoginProvider));
-                uow.Commit();
-                return ret;
+                return repo.GetByQuery(new Query<IIdentityUserLogin>()
+                    .Where(x => x.ProviderKey == login.ProviderKey && x.LoginProvider == login.LoginProvider))
+                    .ToList();
             }
         }
 
@@ -78,7 +79,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
                 uow.Commit();
             }
         }
-
-        
     }
 }
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