diff --git a/app/models/project_team.rb b/app/models/project_team.rb
index 2d438b91c69..83416a08164 100644
--- a/app/models/project_team.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_team.rb
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ class ProjectTeam
     target_project = project
 
     source_team = source_project.users_projects.to_a
-    target_team = target_project.users_projects.to_a
-    target_user_ids = target_team.map(&:user_id)
+    target_user_ids = target_project.users_projects.pluck(:user_id)
 
     source_team.reject! do |tm|
       # Skip if user already present in team