diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
index 8efd451857..c1a4a6e18a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/ArchiveModelManager.cs
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// <param name="model">The model to populate.</param>
         /// <param name="archive">The archive to use as a reference for population. May be null.</param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken">An optional cancellation token.</param>
-        protected virtual Task Populate(TModel model, [CanBeNull] ArchiveReader archive, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        protected abstract Task Populate(TModel model, [CanBeNull] ArchiveReader archive, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Perform any final actions before the import to database executes.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreManager.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreManager.cs
index 9d3b952ada..d5bea0affc 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreManager.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring
             }
         }
 
+        protected override Task Populate(ScoreInfo model, ArchiveReader archive, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+            => Task.CompletedTask;
+
         protected override void ExportModelTo(ScoreInfo model, Stream outputStream)
         {
             var file = model.Files.SingleOrDefault();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
index 4cde4cd2b8..645c943d09 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             return base.ComputeHash(item, reader);
         }
 
-        protected override async Task Populate(SkinInfo model, ArchiveReader archive, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        protected override Task Populate(SkinInfo model, ArchiveReader archive, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            await base.Populate(model, archive, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
             var instance = GetSkin(model);
 
             model.InstantiationInfo ??= instance.GetType().GetInvariantInstantiationInfo();
 
             if (model.Name?.Contains(".osk", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true)
                 populateMetadata(model, instance);
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
         private void populateMetadata(SkinInfo item, Skin instance)