diff --git a/pkg/coredata/identity.go b/pkg/coredata/identity.go
index e5caf8242..97345814c 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/identity.go
+++ b/pkg/coredata/identity.go
@@ -393,12 +393,6 @@ func (i *Identities) LoadByIDs(
 	conn pg.Querier,
 	identityIDs []gid.GID,
 ) error {
-	if len(identityIDs) == 0 {
-		*i = nil
-
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	q := `
 SELECT
     id,
diff --git a/pkg/coredata/membership_profile.go b/pkg/coredata/membership_profile.go
index 28bb887f0..49854d563 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/membership_profile.go
+++ b/pkg/coredata/membership_profile.go
@@ -502,12 +502,6 @@ func (p *MembershipProfiles) LoadByOrganizationIDAndUserNames(
 	organizationID gid.GID,
 	userNames []string,
 ) error {
-	if len(userNames) == 0 {
-		*p = nil
-
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	q := `
 SELECT
     p.id,
diff --git a/pkg/coredata/personal_api_key.go b/pkg/coredata/personal_api_key.go
index 7f14f1770..6b863b385 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/personal_api_key.go
+++ b/pkg/coredata/personal_api_key.go
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@ func (a *PersonalAPIKeys) LoadByIDs(
 	conn pg.Querier,
 	apiKeyIDs []gid.GID,
 ) error {
-	if len(apiKeyIDs) == 0 {
-		*a = nil
-
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	q := `
 SELECT
     id,