diff --git a/app/models/internal_id.rb b/app/models/internal_id.rb
index e7168d49db9..4eb211eff61 100644
--- a/app/models/internal_id.rb
+++ b/app/models/internal_id.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class InternalId < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     # Generates next internal id and returns it
     def generate
-      InternalId.transaction do
+      subject.transaction do
         # Create a record in internal_ids if one does not yet exist
         # and increment its last value
         #
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class InternalId < ActiveRecord::Base
     #
     # Note this will acquire a ROW SHARE lock on the InternalId record
     def track_greatest(new_value)
-      InternalId.transaction do
+      subject.transaction do
         (lookup || create_record).track_greatest_and_save!(new_value)
       end
     end
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class InternalId < ActiveRecord::Base
     # violation. We can safely roll-back the nested transaction and perform
     # a lookup instead to retrieve the record.
     def create_record
-      InternalId.transaction(requires_new: true) do
+      subject.transaction(requires_new: true) do
         InternalId.create!(
           **scope,
           usage: usage_value,
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing.rb b/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing.rb
index da2f96b5c4b..147597289cf 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing.rb
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       # Bulk inserts the given rows into the database.
-      def bulk_insert(model, rows, batch_size: 100, pre_hook: nil)
+      def bulk_insert(model, rows, batch_size: 100)
         rows.each_slice(batch_size) do |slice|
-          pre_hook.call(slice) if pre_hook
           Gitlab::Database.bulk_insert(model.table_name, slice)
         end
-        rows
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer.rb
index 8d54b27374c..87cf2c8b598 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer.rb
@@ -19,20 +19,10 @@ module Gitlab
         # rubocop: enable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
 
         def execute
-          # We insert records in bulk, by-passing any standard model callbacks.
-          # The pre_hook here makes sure we track internal ids consistently.
-          # Note this has to be called before performing an insert of a batch
-          # because we're outside a transaction scope here.
-          bulk_insert(Milestone, build_milestones, pre_hook: method(:track_greatest_iid))
+          bulk_insert(Milestone, build_milestones)
           build_milestones_cache
         end
 
-        def track_greatest_iid(slice)
-          greatest_iid = slice.max { |e| e[:iid] }[:iid]
-
-          InternalId.track_greatest(nil, { project: project }, :milestones, greatest_iid, ->(_) { project.milestones.maximum(:iid) })
-        end
-
         def build_milestones
           build_database_rows(each_milestone)
         end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing_spec.rb
index 861710f7e9b..91229d9c7d4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/bulk_importing_spec.rb
@@ -58,17 +58,5 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::BulkImporting do
 
       importer.bulk_insert(model, rows, batch_size: 5)
     end
-
-    it 'calls pre_hook for each slice if given' do
-      rows = [{ title: 'Foo' }] * 10
-      model = double(:model, table_name: 'kittens')
-      pre_hook = double('pre_hook', call: nil)
-      allow(Gitlab::Database).to receive(:bulk_insert)
-
-      expect(pre_hook).to receive(:call).with(rows[0..4])
-      expect(pre_hook).to receive(:call).with(rows[5..9])
-
-      importer.bulk_insert(model, rows, batch_size: 5, pre_hook: pre_hook)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer_spec.rb
index db0be760c7b..b1cac3b6e46 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/milestones_importer_spec.rb
@@ -29,25 +29,13 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::Importer::MilestonesImporter, :clean_gitlab_redis
 
       expect(importer)
         .to receive(:bulk_insert)
-        .with(Milestone, [milestone_hash], any_args)
+        .with(Milestone, [milestone_hash])
 
       expect(importer)
         .to receive(:build_milestones_cache)
 
       importer.execute
     end
-
-    it 'tracks internal ids' do
-      milestone_hash = { iid: 1, title: '1.0', project_id: project.id }
-      allow(importer)
-        .to receive(:build_milestones)
-        .and_return([milestone_hash])
-
-      expect(InternalId).to receive(:track_greatest)
-        .with(nil, { project: project }, :milestones, 1, any_args)
-
-      importer.execute
-    end
   end
 
   describe '#build_milestones' do