diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index 1f984c1bab..5b191dce32 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -141,24 +141,12 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
       BATCH_SIZE,
     );
 
-    // Find the top-level location entity that manages the processedEntity
-    let entityRefToRefresh = sourceEntityRef;
-    const { entityRefs } = await this.listAncestors(tx, {
-      entityRef: sourceEntityRef,
-    });
-    const locationAncestor = entityRefs.find(ref =>
-      ref.startsWith('location:'),
-    );
-    if (locationAncestor) {
-      entityRefToRefresh = locationAncestor;
-    }
-
     // Insert the refresh keys for the processed entity
     await Promise.all(
       options.refreshKeys.map(k => {
         return tx<DbRefreshKeysRow>('refresh_keys')
           .insert({
-            entity_ref: entityRefToRefresh,
+            entity_ref: sourceEntityRef,
             key: k.key,
           })
           .onConflict(['entity_ref', 'key'])