diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs b/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
index 28cb8a9e6..69eb28372 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/batch.rs
@@ -1500,26 +1500,35 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                     }
                 }
 
-                let config = IndexDocumentsConfig {
-                    update_method: IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                };
+                let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
+                let mut fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&rtxn)?;
 
-                let must_stop_processing = self.must_stop_processing.clone();
-                let mut builder = milli::update::IndexDocuments::new(
-                    index_wtxn,
-                    index,
-                    self.index_mapper.indexer_config(),
-                    config,
-                    |indexing_step| tracing::debug!(update = ?indexing_step),
-                    || must_stop_processing.get(),
-                )?;
+                let primary_key =
+                    retrieve_or_guess_primary_key(&rtxn, index, &mut fields_ids_map, None)?
+                        .unwrap();
 
-                let (new_builder, _count) =
-                    builder.remove_documents_from_db_no_batch(&to_delete)?;
-                builder = new_builder;
+                if !tasks.iter().all(|res| res.error.is_some()) {
+                    /// TODO create a pool if needed
+                    // let pool = indexer_config.thread_pool.unwrap();
+                    let pool = rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new().build().unwrap();
 
-                let _ = builder.execute()?;
+                    let param = (index, &fields_ids_map, &primary_key);
+                    let mut indexer = indexer::DocumentDeletion::new();
+                    indexer.delete_documents_by_docids(to_delete);
+                    /// TODO remove this fields-ids-map, it's useless for the deletion pipeline (the &mut cloned one).
+                    let document_changes =
+                        indexer.document_changes(&mut fields_ids_map.clone(), param)?;
+                    /// TODO pass/write the FieldsIdsMap
+                    indexer::index(
+                        index_wtxn,
+                        index,
+                        fields_ids_map.clone(),
+                        &pool,
+                        document_changes,
+                    )?;
+
+                    // tracing::info!(indexing_result = ?addition, processed_in = ?started_processing_at.elapsed(), "document indexing done");
+                }
 
                 Ok(tasks)
             }
diff --git a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_deletion.rs b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_deletion.rs
index 21d7635c9..9dbc4e52d 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_deletion.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_deletion.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl<'p> DocumentChanges<'p> for DocumentDeletion {
             |rtxn, docid| {
                 let current = index.document(rtxn, docid)?;
                 let external_document_id = primary_key
-                    .document_id(&current, fields_ids_map)?
+                    .document_id(current, fields_ids_map)?
                     .map_err(|_| InternalError::DatabaseMissingEntry {
                         db_name: EXTERNAL_DOCUMENTS_IDS,
                         key: None,