diff --git a/C4/Biblio.pm b/C4/Biblio.pm
index cfcc84ed2d..97048ca5f3 100644
--- a/C4/Biblio.pm
+++ b/C4/Biblio.pm
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ The C<$options> argument is a hashref with additional parameters:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item B<defer_marc_save>
-Used when ModBiblioMarc is handled by the caller
-
 =item B<skip_record_index>
 Used when the indexing scheduling will be handled by the caller
 
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@ sub AddBiblio {
 
     $options //= {};
     my $skip_record_index = $options->{'skip_record_index'} // 0;
-    my $defer_marc_save   = $options->{defer_marc_save}     // 0;
     my $disable_autolink  = $options->{disable_autolink}    // 0;
 
     if (!$record) {
@@ -297,7 +293,7 @@ sub AddBiblio {
             }
 
             # now add the record, don't index while we are in the transaction though
-            ModBiblioMarc( $record, $biblionumber, { skip_record_index => 1 } ) unless $defer_marc_save;
+            ModBiblioMarc( $record, $biblionumber, { skip_record_index => 1 } );
 
             # update OAI-PMH sets
             if(C4::Context->preference("OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSets")) {
diff --git a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
index 36ac449b31..9166f4d0df 100755
--- a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
+++ b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
@@ -568,13 +568,6 @@ RECORD: foreach my $record (@{$marc_records}) {
                 my $error_adding = $@;
                 $record_has_added_items = @{$itemnumbers_ref};
 
-                # Work on a clone so that if there are real errors, we can maybe
-                # fix them up later.
-                my $clone_record = $record->clone();
-                C4::Biblio::_strip_item_fields($clone_record, $framework);
-                # This sets the marc fields if there was an error, and also calls
-                # defer_marc_save.
-                ModBiblioMarc($clone_record, $record_id, $mod_biblio_options);
                 if ($error_adding) {
                     warn "ERROR: Adding items to bib $record_id failed: $error_adding";
                     printlog({ id => $record_id, op => "insert items", status => "ERROR"}) if ($logfile);
@@ -619,10 +612,6 @@ RECORD: foreach my $record (@{$marc_records}) {
                         printlog({ id => $record_id, op => "insert items", status => "ERROR" }) if ($logfile);
                         # if we failed because of an exception, assume that
                         # the MARC columns in biblioitems were not set.
-
-                        # @FIXME: Why do we save here without stripping items? Besides,
-                        # save with stripped items has already been performed
-                        ModBiblioMarc($record, $record_id, $mod_biblio_options);
                         next RECORD;
                     }
                     $record_has_added_items ||= @{$itemnumbers_ref};