diff --git a/app/models/variant_link.rb b/app/models/variant_link.rb
index cedecb5c6d..0030b80a5a 100644
--- a/app/models/variant_link.rb
+++ b/app/models/variant_link.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class VariantLink < ApplicationRecord
-  belongs_to :source_variant, class_name: 'Spree::Variant', touch: true
-  belongs_to :target_variant, class_name: 'Spree::Variant', touch: true
+  belongs_to :source_variant, class_name: 'Spree::Variant'
+  belongs_to :target_variant, class_name: 'Spree::Variant'
 end