diff --git a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
index ed8f1c93f..1670c8145 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
@@ -137,9 +137,22 @@ impl<'p, 'pl: 'p> DocumentChanges<'p> for DocumentOperation<'pl> {
                                     (docid, vec![document_operation]),
                                 );
                             }
-                            // TODO clean the code to make sure we clean the useless operations
-                            //      add a method to the MergeChanges trait
-                            Some((_, offsets)) => offsets.push(document_operation),
+                            Some((_, offsets)) => {
+                                let useless_previous_addition = match self.index_documents_method {
+                                    IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments => {
+                                        MergeDocumentForReplacement::USELESS_PREVIOUS_CHANGES
+                                    }
+                                    IndexDocumentsMethod::UpdateDocuments => {
+                                        MergeDocumentForUpdates::USELESS_PREVIOUS_CHANGES
+                                    }
+                                };
+
+                                if useless_previous_addition {
+                                    offsets.clear();
+                                }
+
+                                offsets.push(document_operation);
+                            }
                         }
 
                         previous_offset = iter.byte_offset();
@@ -164,7 +177,10 @@ impl<'p, 'pl: 'p> DocumentChanges<'p> for DocumentOperation<'pl> {
                                     (docid, vec![InnerDocOp::Deletion]),
                                 );
                             }
-                            Some((_, offsets)) => offsets.push(InnerDocOp::Deletion),
+                            Some((_, offsets)) => {
+                                offsets.clear();
+                                offsets.push(InnerDocOp::Deletion);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -176,10 +192,13 @@ impl<'p, 'pl: 'p> DocumentChanges<'p> for DocumentOperation<'pl> {
         // TODO We must drain the HashMap into a Vec because rayon::hash_map::IntoIter: !Clone
         let mut docids_version_offsets: Vec<_> = docids_version_offsets.drain().collect();
         // Reorder the offsets to make sure we iterate on the file sequentially
-        match self.index_documents_method {
-            Idm::ReplaceDocuments => MergeDocumentForReplacement::sort(&mut docids_version_offsets),
-            Idm::UpdateDocuments => MergeDocumentForUpdates::sort(&mut docids_version_offsets),
-        }
+        let sort_function_key = match self.index_documents_method {
+            Idm::ReplaceDocuments => MergeDocumentForReplacement::sort_key,
+            Idm::UpdateDocuments => MergeDocumentForUpdates::sort_key,
+        };
+
+        // And finally sort them
+        docids_version_offsets.sort_unstable_by_key(|(_, (_, docops))| sort_function_key(docops));
 
         Ok(docids_version_offsets
             .into_par_iter()
@@ -208,8 +227,11 @@ impl<'p, 'pl: 'p> DocumentChanges<'p> for DocumentOperation<'pl> {
 }
 
 trait MergeChanges {
-    /// Reorders the offsets to make sure we iterate on the file sequentially.
-    fn sort(changes_offsets: &mut [(CowStr, (DocumentId, Vec<InnerDocOp>))]);
+    /// Wether the payloads in the list of operations are useless or not.
+    const USELESS_PREVIOUS_CHANGES: bool;
+
+    /// Returns a key that is used to order the payloads the right way.
+    fn sort_key(docops: &[InnerDocOp]) -> usize;
 
     fn merge(
         rtxn: &RoTxn,
@@ -224,18 +246,15 @@ trait MergeChanges {
 struct MergeDocumentForReplacement;
 
 impl MergeChanges for MergeDocumentForReplacement {
+    const USELESS_PREVIOUS_CHANGES: bool = true;
+
     /// Reorders to read only the last change.
-    fn sort(changes_offsets: &mut [(CowStr, (DocumentId, Vec<InnerDocOp>))]) {
-        changes_offsets.sort_unstable_by_key(|(_, (_, offsets))| {
-            offsets
-                .iter()
-                .rev()
-                .find_map(|ido| match ido {
-                    InnerDocOp::Addition(add) => Some(add.content.as_ptr() as usize),
-                    InnerDocOp::Deletion => None,
-                })
-                .unwrap_or(0)
-        });
+    fn sort_key(docops: &[InnerDocOp]) -> usize {
+        let f = |ido: &_| match ido {
+            InnerDocOp::Addition(add) => Some(add.content.as_ptr() as usize),
+            InnerDocOp::Deletion => None,
+        };
+        docops.iter().rev().find_map(f).unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
     /// Returns only the most recent version of a document based on the updates from the payloads.
@@ -295,17 +314,15 @@ impl MergeChanges for MergeDocumentForReplacement {
 struct MergeDocumentForUpdates;
 
 impl MergeChanges for MergeDocumentForUpdates {
+    const USELESS_PREVIOUS_CHANGES: bool = false;
+
     /// Reorders to read the first changes first so that it's faster to read the first one and then the rest.
-    fn sort(changes_offsets: &mut [(CowStr, (DocumentId, Vec<InnerDocOp>))]) {
-        changes_offsets.sort_unstable_by_key(|(_, (_, offsets))| {
-            offsets
-                .iter()
-                .find_map(|ido| match ido {
-                    InnerDocOp::Addition(add) => Some(add.content.as_ptr() as usize),
-                    InnerDocOp::Deletion => None,
-                })
-                .unwrap_or(0)
-        });
+    fn sort_key(docops: &[InnerDocOp]) -> usize {
+        let f = |ido: &_| match ido {
+            InnerDocOp::Addition(add) => Some(add.content.as_ptr() as usize),
+            InnerDocOp::Deletion => None,
+        };
+        docops.iter().find_map(f).unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
     /// Reads the previous version of a document from the database, the new versions
diff --git a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/mod.rs b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/mod.rs
index 0273d4fe2..c1bcd20cf 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::fs::File;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::thread::{self, Builder};
 
@@ -17,12 +16,10 @@ use super::document_change::DocumentChange;
 use super::extract::*;
 use super::merger::merge_grenad_entries;
 use super::StdResult;
-use crate::documents::{
-    obkv_to_object, DocumentsBatchCursor, DocumentsBatchIndex, PrimaryKey, DEFAULT_PRIMARY_KEY,
-};
+use crate::documents::{PrimaryKey, DEFAULT_PRIMARY_KEY};
 use crate::update::new::channel::{DatabaseType, ExtractorSender};
 use crate::update::GrenadParameters;
-use crate::{FieldsIdsMap, GlobalFieldsIdsMap, Index, InternalError, Result, UserError};
+use crate::{FieldsIdsMap, GlobalFieldsIdsMap, Index, Result, UserError};
 
 mod document_deletion;
 mod document_operation;