diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commercetools/sync/services/impl/BaseService.java b/src/main/java/com/commercetools/sync/services/impl/BaseService.java
index 7643015915..070640c17e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commercetools/sync/services/impl/BaseService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commercetools/sync/services/impl/BaseService.java
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 package com.commercetools.sync.services.impl;
 
 import com.commercetools.sync.commons.BaseSyncOptions;
-import io.sphere.sdk.commands.DraftBasedCreateCommand;
 import io.sphere.sdk.commands.UpdateAction;
 import io.sphere.sdk.commands.UpdateCommand;
 import io.sphere.sdk.models.Resource;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
-import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import static com.commercetools.sync.commons.utils.SyncUtils.batchElements;
-import static java.lang.String.format;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isBlank;
 
 /**
  * @param <U> Resource (e.g. {@link io.sphere.sdk.products.Product}, {@link io.sphere.sdk.categories.Category}, etc..
@@ -31,59 +25,12 @@ class BaseService<U extends Resource<U>, V> {
     boolean isCached = false;
     final Map<String, String> keyToIdCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
-    private static final String CREATE_FAILED = "Failed to create draft with key: '%s'. Reason: %s";
     private static final int MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_UPDATE_ACTIONS = 500;
 
     BaseService(@Nonnull final BaseSyncOptions<U, V> syncOptions) {
         this.syncOptions = syncOptions;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Applies the BeforeCreateCallback function on a supplied draft, then attempts to create it on CTP if it's not
-     * empty, then applies the supplied handler on the response from CTP. If the draft was empty after applying the
-     * callback an empty optional is returned as the resulting future.
-     *
-     * @param resourceDraft         draft to apply callback on and then create on CTP.
-     * @param draftKey              draft key.
-     * @param createCommandFunction the create command query to create the resource on CTP.
-     * @return a future containing an optional which might contain the resource if successfully created or empty
-     *         otherwise.
-     */
-    @Nonnull
-    CompletionStage<Optional<U>> applyCallbackAndCreate(
-        @Nonnull final V resourceDraft,
-        @Nullable final String draftKey,
-        @Nonnull final Function<V, DraftBasedCreateCommand<U, V>> createCommandFunction) {
-        if (isBlank(draftKey)) {
-            syncOptions.applyErrorCallback(format(CREATE_FAILED, draftKey, "Draft key is blank!"));
-            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Optional.empty());
-        } else {
-            final BiFunction<U, Throwable, Optional<U>> responseHandler =
-                (createdResource, sphereException) ->
-                    handleResourceCreation(draftKey, createdResource, sphereException);
-            return syncOptions.applyBeforeCreateCallBack(resourceDraft)
-                              .map(mappedDraft ->
-                                  syncOptions.getCtpClient()
-                                             .execute(createCommandFunction.apply(mappedDraft))
-                                             .handle(responseHandler)
-                              )
-                              .orElseGet(() -> CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Optional.empty()));
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Nonnull
-    private Optional<U> handleResourceCreation(@Nonnull final String draftKey,
-                                               @Nullable final U createdResource,
-                                               @Nullable final Throwable sphereException) {
-        if (createdResource != null) {
-            keyToIdCache.put(draftKey, createdResource.getId());
-            return Optional.of(createdResource);
-        } else {
-            syncOptions.applyErrorCallback(format(CREATE_FAILED, draftKey, sphereException), sphereException);
-            return Optional.empty();
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Executes update request(s) on the {@code resource} with all the {@code updateActions} using the
      * {@code updateCommandFunction} while taking care of the CTP constraint of 500 update actions per request by