diff --git a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
index 119484a4d..5908b55c8 100644
--- a/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/src/documents/bulk_edit.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.permissions import set_permissions_for_object
 from documents.tasks import bulk_update_documents
 from documents.tasks import update_document_archive_file
-from documents.tasks import update_owner_for_object
 
 
 def set_correspondent(doc_ids, correspondent):
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ def set_permissions(doc_ids, set_permissions, owner=None):
 
     qs = Document.objects.filter(id__in=doc_ids)
 
-    update_owner_for_object.delay(document_ids=doc_ids, owner=owner)
+    qs.update(owner=owner)
 
     for doc in qs:
         set_permissions_for_object(set_permissions, doc)
diff --git a/src/documents/tasks.py b/src/documents/tasks.py
index 403025d08..fbc754e52 100644
--- a/src/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tasks.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from celery import shared_task
 from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from documents import barcodes
@@ -312,12 +311,3 @@ def update_document_archive_file(document_id):
         )
     finally:
         parser.cleanup()
-
-
-@shared_task
-def update_owner_for_object(document_ids, owner):
-    documents = Document.objects.filter(id__in=document_ids)
-    ownerUser = User.objects.get(pk=owner) if owner is not None else None
-    for document in documents:
-        document.owner = ownerUser if owner is not None else None
-        document.save()