diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
index 0d117f8755..2087bdf144 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/ImportBeatmapTest.cs
@@ -439,41 +439,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
             }
         }
 
-        [TestCase(true)]
-        [TestCase(false)]
-        public async Task TestImportThenDeleteThenImportWithOnlineIDMismatch(bool set)
-        {
-            // unfortunately for the time being we need to reference osu.Framework.Desktop for a game host here.
-            using (HeadlessGameHost host = new CleanRunHeadlessGameHost($"{nameof(ImportBeatmapTest)}-{set}"))
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    var osu = LoadOsuIntoHost(host);
-
-                    var imported = await LoadOszIntoOsu(osu);
-
-                    if (set)
-                        imported.OnlineBeatmapSetID = 1234;
-                    else
-                        imported.Beatmaps.First().OnlineBeatmapID = 1234;
-
-                    osu.Dependencies.Get<BeatmapManager>().Update(imported);
-
-                    deleteBeatmapSet(imported, osu);
-
-                    var importedSecondTime = await LoadOszIntoOsu(osu);
-
-                    // check the newly "imported" beatmap has been reimported due to mismatch (even though hashes matched)
-                    Assert.IsTrue(imported.ID != importedSecondTime.ID);
-                    Assert.IsTrue(imported.Beatmaps.First().ID != importedSecondTime.Beatmaps.First().ID);
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    host.Exit();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public async Task TestImportWithDuplicateBeatmapIDs()
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 00af06703d..221774b018 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -319,18 +319,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// <returns>The first result for the provided query, or null if no results were found.</returns>
         public BeatmapSetInfo QueryBeatmapSet(Expression<Func<BeatmapSetInfo, bool>> query) => beatmaps.ConsumableItems.AsNoTracking().FirstOrDefault(query);
 
-        protected override bool CanReuseExisting(BeatmapSetInfo existing, BeatmapSetInfo import)
-        {
-            if (!base.CanReuseExisting(existing, import))
-                return false;
-
-            var existingIds = existing.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineBeatmapID).OrderBy(i => i);
-            var importIds = import.Beatmaps.Select(b => b.OnlineBeatmapID).OrderBy(i => i);
-
-            // force re-import if we are not in a sane state.
-            return existing.OnlineBeatmapSetID == import.OnlineBeatmapSetID && existingIds.SequenceEqual(importIds);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a list of all usable <see cref="BeatmapSetInfo"/>s.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
index 8efd451857..29c83b4699 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
                         if (existing != null)
                         {
-                            if (CanReuseExisting(existing, item))
+                            if (canReuseExisting(existing, item))
                             {
                                 Undelete(existing);
                                 LogForModel(item, $"Found existing {HumanisedModelName} for {item} (ID {existing.ID}) – skipping import.");
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// <param name="existing">The existing model.</param>
         /// <param name="import">The newly imported model.</param>
         /// <returns>Whether the existing model should be restored and used. Returning false will delete the existing and force a re-import.</returns>
-        protected virtual bool CanReuseExisting(TModel existing, TModel import) =>
+        private bool canReuseExisting(TModel existing, TModel import) =>
             // for the best or worst, we copy and import files of a new import before checking whether
             // it is a duplicate. so to check if anything has changed, we can just compare all FileInfo IDs.
             getIDs(existing.Files).SequenceEqual(getIDs(import.Files)) &&