diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/batch.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/batch.ts
index af8e52888e4..46e60e6ced3 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/batch.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/batch.ts
@@ -126,8 +126,12 @@ export default class Batch implements BatchType {
 	 * @returns The added operation.
 	 */
 	public addOperation( operation: Operation ): Operation {
-		operation.batch = this;
-		this.operations.push( operation );
+		if ( operation.isDocumentOperation ) {
+			// Store only document operations in the batch.
+			// Non-document operations are temporary and should be discarded after they are applied.
+			operation.batch = this;
+			this.operations.push( operation );
+		}
 
 		return operation;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/operation/operation.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/operation/operation.ts
index 50cb1635b01..1d35595b3f4 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/operation/operation.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/operation/operation.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ export default abstract class Operation {
 	/**
 	 * {@link module:engine/model/batch~Batch Batch} to which the operation is added or `null` if the operation is not
 	 * added to any batch yet.
+	 *
+	 * Note, that a {@link ~isDocumentOperation non-document operation} has this property always set to `null`, and is never added
+	 * to any batch.
 	 */
 	public batch: Batch | null;
 
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ export default abstract class Operation {
 		// Remove reference to the parent `Batch` to avoid circular dependencies.
 		delete json.batch;
 
-		// Only document operations are shared with other clients so it is not necessary to keep this information.
+		// This can be derived from `baseVersion` so we can remove it.
 		delete json.isDocumentOperation;
 
 		return json;
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/model.js b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/model.js
index f7c416c63db..9454b8480b2 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/model.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/model.js
@@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@ describe( 'Model', () => {
 
 			setData( model, '<paragraph>fo[ob]ar</paragraph>' );
 
-			model.change( writer => {
-				model.getSelectedContent( model.document.selection );
-				expect( writer.batch.operations ).to.length( 1 );
-			} );
+			const version = model.document.version;
+			model.getSelectedContent( model.document.selection );
+
+			expect( model.document.version ).to.equal( version );
 		} );
 	} );
 
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/utils/getselectedcontent.js b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/utils/getselectedcontent.js
index 2ff104fc2ab..42fd952e86b 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/utils/getselectedcontent.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/utils/getselectedcontent.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe( 'DataController utils', () => {
 	let model, doc;
 
 	describe( 'getSelectedContent', () => {
-		it( 'should use parent batch', () => {
+		it( 'should not generate any document operations', () => {
 			model = new Model();
 			doc = model.document;
 			doc.createRoot();
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ describe( 'DataController utils', () => {
 			model.schema.extend( '$text', { allowIn: '$root' } );
 			setData( model, 'x[abc]x' );
 
-			model.change( writer => {
-				getSelectedContent( model, doc.selection );
-				expect( writer.batch.operations ).to.length( 1 );
-			} );
+			const version = model.document.version;
+			getSelectedContent( model, doc.selection );
+
+			expect( model.document.version ).to.equal( version );
 		} );
 
 		describe( 'in simple scenarios', () => {
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/writer.js b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/writer.js
index e85c18209ab..33d739f4518 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/writer.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/tests/model/writer.js
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			expect( parent.childCount ).to.equal( 0 );
 		} );
 
-		it( 'should create proper operation for inserting element', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+		it( 'should create proper operation for inserting element #1 (document operation)', () => {
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const element = createElement( 'child' );
 
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
@@ -222,8 +222,24 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			expect( spy.lastCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
 		} );
 
-		it( 'should create proper operation for inserting text', () => {
+		it( 'should create proper operation for inserting element #2 (non-document operation)', () => {
 			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const element = createElement( 'child' );
+
+			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
+
+			insert( element, parent );
+
+			sinon.assert.calledOnce( spy );
+
+			expect( spy.lastCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'insert' );
+			expect( spy.lastCall.args[ 0 ] ).to.instanceof( InsertOperation );
+			expect( spy.lastCall.args[ 0 ].shouldReceiveAttributes ).to.be.false;
+			expect( spy.lastCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should create proper operation for inserting text', () => {
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const text = createText( 'child' );
 
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
@@ -303,7 +319,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			// Verify operations.
 			sinon.assert.calledOnce( spy );
 			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'move' );
-			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should move element from one parent to the other within different document (docFragA -> docFragB)', () => {
@@ -324,9 +340,9 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			// Verify operations.
 			sinon.assert.calledTwice( spy );
 			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'detach' );
-			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'insert' );
-			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should throw when moving element from document to document fragment', () => {
@@ -515,7 +531,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should create proper operation', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 
 			insertText( 'foo', parent );
@@ -637,7 +653,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should create proper operation', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 
 			insertElement( 'foo', parent );
@@ -672,7 +688,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should create proper operation', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const text = createText( 'foo' );
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 
@@ -750,7 +766,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			// Verify operations.
 			sinon.assert.calledOnce( spy );
 			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'move' );
-			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should move element from one parent to the other within different document fragments (docFragA -> docFragB)', () => {
@@ -771,9 +787,9 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 			// Verify operations.
 			sinon.assert.calledTwice( spy );
 			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'detach' );
-			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.firstCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'insert' );
-			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.equal( batch );
+			expect( spy.secondCall.args[ 0 ].batch ).to.be.null;
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should throw when moving element from document to document fragment', () => {
@@ -823,7 +839,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should create proper operations', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 
 			appendText( 'foo', parent );
@@ -877,7 +893,7 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should create proper operation', () => {
-			const parent = createDocumentFragment();
+			const parent = doc.createRoot();
 			const spy = sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 
 			appendElement( 'foo', parent );
@@ -1840,14 +1856,14 @@ describe( 'Writer', () => {
 				batch = new Batch();
 				remove( range );
 
-				expect( batch.operations.length ).to.equal( 2 );
+				expect( batch.operations.length ).to.equal( 0 );
 			} );
 
 			it( 'should use DetachOperation', () => {
-				batch = new Batch();
+				sinon.spy( model, 'applyOperation' );
 				remove( div );
 
-				expect( batch.operations[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'detach' );
+				expect( model.applyOperation.firstCall.args[ 0 ].type ).to.equal( 'detach' );
 			} );
 
 			it( 'should throw when trying to use detached writer', () => {