diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/di.xml
index f47d80e14..d8154d560 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/di.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <preference for="Magento\CatalogExportApi\Api\ProductVariantRepositoryInterface" type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\ProductVariantRepository"/>
     <preference for="Magento\CatalogDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductIndexerCallbackInterface" type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\ProductIndexerCallback" />
     <preference for="Magento\CatalogDataExporter\Model\Indexer\CategoryIndexerCallbackInterface" type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\CategoryIndexerCallback" />
-    <preference for="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallbackInterface" type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallback"/>
 
     <virtualType name="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\CategoryIndexerCallback"
                  type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\EntityIndexerCallback">
@@ -33,16 +32,6 @@
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
 
-    <virtualType name="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallback"
-                 type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\EntityIndexerCallback">
-        <arguments>
-            <argument name="feedIndexMetadata" xsi:type="object">Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexMetadata</argument>
-            <argument name="topicName" xsi:type="string">catalog.export.product.variants.data</argument>
-            <argument name="updatedEventType" xsi:type="string">product_variants_updated</argument>
-            <argument name="deletedEventType" xsi:type="string">product_variants_deleted</argument>
-        </arguments>
-    </virtualType>
-
     <type name="Magento\Framework\Console\CommandListInterface">
         <arguments>
             <argument name="commands" xsi:type="array">
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/module.xml b/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/module.xml
index 2d50f0efc..ea9727a2c 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/module.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogExport/etc/module.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,5 @@
 */
 -->
 <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
-    <module name="Magento_CatalogExport">
-        <sequence>
-            <module name="Magento_CatalogDataExporter"/>
-            <module name="Magento_ProductVariantDataExporter"/>
-        </sequence>
-    </module>
+    <module name="Magento_CatalogExport"/>
 </config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariants.php b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsAfterSave.php
similarity index 67%
rename from app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariants.php
rename to app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsAfterSave.php
index e8b2c2774..6da3b94f4 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariants.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsAfterSave.php
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product as ResourceProduct;
 use Magento\ConfigurableProductDataExporter\Model\Query\LinkedAttributesQuery;
 use Magento\Framework\App\ResourceConnection;
+use Magento\Framework\Indexer\IndexerRegistry;
 use Magento\Framework\Model\AbstractModel;
 use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\UpdateChangeLog;
 
 /**
  * Plugin to trigger reindex on parent products, when a super attribute value is changed on a child product
  */
-class ReindexVariants
+class ReindexVariantsAfterSave
 {
     /**
      * @var ResourceConnection
@@ -30,27 +32,35 @@ class ReindexVariants
     private $linkedAttributesQuery;
 
     /**
-     * @var ProductVariantFeedIndexer
+     * @var IndexerRegistry
      */
-    private $feedIndexer;
+    private $indexerRegistry;
+
+    /**
+     * @var UpdateChangeLog
+     */
+    private $updateChangeLog;
 
     /**
      * @param ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
      * @param LinkedAttributesQuery $linkedAttributesQuery
-     * @param ProductVariantFeedIndexer $feedIndexer
+     * @param IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry
+     * @param UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog
      */
     public function __construct(
         ResourceConnection $resourceConnection,
         LinkedAttributesQuery $linkedAttributesQuery,
-        ProductVariantFeedIndexer $feedIndexer
+        IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry,
+        UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog
     ) {
         $this->resourceConnection = $resourceConnection;
         $this->linkedAttributesQuery = $linkedAttributesQuery;
-        $this->feedIndexer = $feedIndexer;
+        $this->indexerRegistry = $indexerRegistry;
+        $this->updateChangeLog = $updateChangeLog;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reindex parent product on change of super attribute value.
+     * Reindex parent products on change of child product attribute value
      *
      * @param ResourceProduct $subject
      * @param ResourceProduct $result
@@ -75,9 +85,26 @@ public function afterSave(
                 }
             }
             if (!empty($changedConfigurableIds)) {
-                $this->feedIndexer->executeList(array_filter($changedConfigurableIds));
+                $this->reindexVariants($changedConfigurableIds);
             }
         }
         return $result;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex product variants
+     *
+     * @param int[] $ids
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function reindexVariants(array $ids): void
+    {
+        $indexer = $this->indexerRegistry->get(ProductVariantFeedIndexer::INDEXER_ID);
+
+        if ($indexer->isScheduled()) {
+            $this->updateChangeLog->execute($indexer->getViewId(), $ids);
+        } else {
+            $indexer->reindexList($ids);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/etc/di.xml
index 4a40b3b93..c6e1e33e3 100755
--- a/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ConfigurableProductDataExporter/etc/di.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </arguments>
     </type>
     <type name="Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product">
-        <plugin name="trigger_reindex_on_configurable_parent_product_variants"
-                type="Magento\ConfigurableProductDataExporter\Plugin\ReindexVariants"/>
+        <plugin name="reindex_configurable_variants_after_save"
+                type="Magento\ConfigurableProductDataExporter\Plugin\ReindexVariantsAfterSave"/>
     </type>
 </config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/ProductVariantFeedIndexer.php b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/ProductVariantFeedIndexer.php
index 65aba3ecc..8b62c4f91 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/ProductVariantFeedIndexer.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/ProductVariantFeedIndexer.php
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
  */
 class ProductVariantFeedIndexer extends FeedIndexer
 {
+    /**
+     * Product variant feed indexer id
+     */
+    public const INDEXER_ID = 'catalog_data_exporter_product_variants';
+
     /**
      * Get Ids select
      *
@@ -122,8 +127,6 @@ public function execute($ids): void
     /**
      * Indexer feed data processor
      *
-     * TODO: currently reindexAll is going reindex all the products, should base that on catalog_product_relation
-     *
      * @param array $indexData
      * @return void
      */
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/UpdateChangeLog.php b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/UpdateChangeLog.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c59d2ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Indexer/UpdateChangeLog.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer;
+
+use Magento\Framework\App\ResourceConnection;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Update indexer changelog
+ */
+class UpdateChangeLog
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ResourceConnection
+     */
+    private $resourceConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * @var LoggerInterface
+     */
+    private $logger;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
+     * @param LoggerInterface $logger
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        ResourceConnection $resourceConnection,
+        LoggerInterface $logger
+    ) {
+        $this->resourceConnection = $resourceConnection;
+        $this->logger = $logger;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update indexer change log
+     *
+     * @param string $viewId
+     * @param array $ids
+     */
+    public function execute(string $viewId, array $ids): void
+    {
+        $connection = $this->resourceConnection->getConnection();
+        $connection->beginTransaction();
+        try {
+            foreach ($ids as $id) {
+                $connection->insert($viewId . '_cl', ['entity_id' => $id]);
+            }
+            $connection->commit();
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $connection->rollBack();
+            $this->logger->error(
+                sprintf(
+                    'Failed to update change log of indexer %s. %s',
+                    $viewId,
+                    $e->getMessage()
+                )
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Query/ProductRelationsQuery.php b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Query/ProductRelationsQuery.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7347dd7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Model/Query/ProductRelationsQuery.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Query;
+
+use Magento\Framework\App\ResourceConnection;
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve product relations
+ */
+class ProductRelationsQuery
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ResourceConnection
+     */
+    private $resourceConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
+    ) {
+        $this->resourceConnection = $resourceConnection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the parent ids of product relations
+     *
+     * @param int[] $ids
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getRelationsParentIds(array $ids): array
+    {
+        $connection = $this->resourceConnection->getConnection();
+        $select = $connection->select()->from(
+            ['cpr' => $this->resourceConnection->getTableName('catalog_product_relation')],
+            []
+        )->join(
+            ['cpe' => $catalogProductTable = $this->resourceConnection->getTableName('catalog_product_entity')],
+            \sprintf('cpe.%1$s = cpr.parent_id', $connection->getAutoIncrementField($catalogProductTable)),
+            ['entity_id']
+        )->where(
+            sprintf(
+                'cpe.entity_id IN ("%1$s") OR cpr.child_id IN ("%1$s")',
+                \implode(",", $ids)
+            )
+        );
+        return array_filter($connection->fetchCol($select));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnDelete.php b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnDelete.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95789efad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnDelete.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Plugin;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product as ResourceProduct;
+use Magento\Framework\Indexer\IndexerRegistry;
+use Magento\Framework\Model\AbstractModel;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\UpdateChangeLog;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Query\ProductRelationsQuery;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin to trigger reindex on product variants upon product deletion
+ */
+class ReindexVariantsOnDelete
+{
+    /**
+     * @var IndexerRegistry
+     */
+    private $indexerRegistry;
+
+    /**
+     * @var UpdateChangeLog
+     */
+    private $updateChangeLog;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ProductRelationsQuery
+     */
+    private $productRelationsQuery;
+
+    /**
+     * @param IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry
+     * @param UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog
+     * @param ProductRelationsQuery $productRelationsQuery
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry,
+        UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog,
+        ProductRelationsQuery $productRelationsQuery
+    ) {
+        $this->indexerRegistry = $indexerRegistry;
+        $this->updateChangeLog = $updateChangeLog;
+        $this->productRelationsQuery = $productRelationsQuery;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex product variants on product deletion
+     *
+     * @param ResourceProduct $subject
+     * @param \Closure $proceed
+     * @param AbstractModel $product
+     * @return ResourceProduct
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
+     */
+    public function aroundDelete(
+        ResourceProduct $subject,
+        \Closure $proceed,
+        AbstractModel $product
+    ): ResourceProduct {
+        $ids = $this->productRelationsQuery->getRelationsParentIds([$product->getId()]);
+        $result = $proceed($product);
+        if (!empty($ids)) {
+            $this->reindexVariants($ids);
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex product variants
+     *
+     * @param int[] $ids
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function reindexVariants(array $ids): void
+    {
+        $indexer = $this->indexerRegistry->get(ProductVariantFeedIndexer::INDEXER_ID);
+        if ($indexer->isScheduled()) {
+            $this->updateChangeLog->execute($indexer->getViewId(), $ids);
+        } else {
+            $indexer->reindexList($ids);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnRelationsChange.php b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnRelationsChange.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8cdc8e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/Plugin/ReindexVariantsOnRelationsChange.php
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Plugin;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\ProductInterface;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product\Relation;
+use Magento\Framework\App\ResourceConnection;
+use Magento\Framework\EntityManager\MetadataPool;
+use Magento\Framework\Indexer\IndexerRegistry;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer;
+use Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\UpdateChangeLog;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin to trigger reindex on variants when relations are changed
+ */
+class ReindexVariantsOnRelationsChange
+{
+    /**
+     * @var IndexerRegistry
+     */
+    private $indexerRegistry;
+
+    /**
+     * @var UpdateChangeLog
+     */
+    private $updateChangeLog;
+
+    /**
+     * @var MetadataPool
+     */
+    private $metadataPool;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ResourceConnection
+     */
+    private $resourceConnection;
+
+    /**
+     * @var LoggerInterface
+     */
+    private $logger;
+
+    /**
+     * @param IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry
+     * @param UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog
+     * @param MetadataPool $metadataPool
+     * @param ResourceConnection $resourceConnection
+     * @param LoggerInterface $logger
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        IndexerRegistry $indexerRegistry,
+        UpdateChangeLog $updateChangeLog,
+        MetadataPool $metadataPool,
+        ResourceConnection $resourceConnection,
+        LoggerInterface $logger
+    ) {
+        $this->indexerRegistry = $indexerRegistry;
+        $this->updateChangeLog = $updateChangeLog;
+        $this->metadataPool = $metadataPool;
+        $this->resourceConnection = $resourceConnection;
+        $this->logger = $logger;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex variants after addition of new relations
+     *
+     * @param Relation $subject
+     * @param Relation $result
+     * @param int $parentLinkId
+     * @param int[] $childIds
+     * @return Relation
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
+     */
+    public function afterAddRelations(
+        Relation $subject,
+        Relation $result,
+        int $parentLinkId,
+        array $childIds
+    ): Relation {
+        if (!empty($childIds)) {
+            try {
+                $parentId = $this->getProductEntityId($parentLinkId);
+                $this->addCommitCallback($subject, (int)$parentId);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                $this->logger->error(sprintf(
+                    'Failed to reindex product variants after product relation addition: "%s"',
+                    $e->getMessage()
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex variants after removal of relations
+     *
+     * @param Relation $subject
+     * @param Relation $result
+     * @param int $parentLinkId
+     * @param int[] $childIds
+     * @return Relation
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
+     */
+    public function afterRemoveRelations(
+        Relation $subject,
+        Relation $result,
+        int $parentLinkId,
+        array $childIds
+    ): Relation {
+        if (!empty($childIds)) {
+            try {
+                $parentId = $this->getProductEntityId($parentLinkId);
+                $this->addCommitCallback($subject, (int)$parentId);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                $this->logger->error(sprintf(
+                    'Failed to reindex product variants after product relation removal: "%s"',
+                    $e->getMessage()
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reindex product variants after commit
+     *
+     * @param Relation $subject
+     * @param int $id
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function addCommitCallback(Relation $subject, int $id): void
+    {
+        $indexer = $this->indexerRegistry->get(ProductVariantFeedIndexer::INDEXER_ID);
+        $viewId = $indexer->getViewId();
+
+        if ($indexer->isScheduled()) {
+            $subject->addCommitCallback(function () use ($viewId, $id) {
+                $this->updateChangeLog->execute($viewId, [$id]);
+            });
+        } else {
+            $subject->addCommitCallback(function () use ($indexer, $id) {
+                $indexer->reindexRow($id);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get product entity id from product link id
+     *
+     * @param int $linkId
+     * @return int
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function getProductEntityId(int $linkId): int
+    {
+        if (($linkField = $this->getProductEntityLinkField()) !== 'entity_id') {
+            $connection = $this->resourceConnection->getConnection();
+            $select = $connection->select()->from(
+                ['cpe' => $this->resourceConnection->getTableName('catalog_product_entity')],
+                ['entity_id']
+            )->where(
+                sprintf('%1$s = ?', $linkField),
+                $linkId
+            );
+            return (int)$connection->fetchOne($select);
+        }
+        return $linkId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get product entity link field
+     *
+     * @return string
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function getProductEntityLinkField(): string
+    {
+        return $this->metadataPool->getMetadata(ProductInterface::class)->getLinkField();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/composer.json b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/composer.json
index db5517b00..ac698cb3b 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/composer.json
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/composer.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "*",
     "guzzlehttp/psr7": "~1.0",
     "magento/framework": "*",
-    "magento/module-data-exporter": "*"
+    "magento/module-data-exporter": "*",
+    "magento/module-catalog": "*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/di.xml
index 2371528b9..15c659688 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/di.xml
@@ -31,17 +31,21 @@
         </arguments>
     </virtualType>
 
-    <virtualType name="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallbackInterface"
-                 type="Magento\DataExporter\Model\Indexer\FeedIndexerCallbackInterface"/>
-
-    <preference for="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallbackInterface"
-                type="Magento\DataExporter\Model\Indexer\EmptyIndexerCallback"/>
+    <virtualType name="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallback"
+                 type="Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\EntityIndexerCallback">
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="feedIndexMetadata" xsi:type="object">Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexMetadata</argument>
+            <argument name="topicName" xsi:type="string">catalog.export.product.variants.data</argument>
+            <argument name="updatedEventType" xsi:type="string">product_variants_updated</argument>
+            <argument name="deletedEventType" xsi:type="string">product_variants_deleted</argument>
+        </arguments>
+    </virtualType>
 
     <type name="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer">
         <arguments>
             <argument name="feedIndexMetadata" xsi:type="object">Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexMetadata</argument>
             <argument name="serializer" xsi:type="object">Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantDataSerializer</argument>
-            <argument name="feedIndexerCallback" xsi:type="object">Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallbackInterface</argument>
+            <argument name="feedIndexerCallback" xsi:type="object">Magento\CatalogExport\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantIndexerCallback</argument>
         </arguments>
     </type>
 
@@ -58,4 +62,12 @@
             </argument>
         </arguments>
     </type>
+    <type name="Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product\Relation">
+        <plugin name="reindex_product_variants_on_relations_changes"
+                type="\Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Plugin\ReindexVariantsOnRelationsChange"/>
+    </type>
+    <type name="Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product">
+        <plugin name="reindex_product_variants_on_delete"
+                type="\Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Plugin\ReindexVariantsOnDelete"/>
+    </type>
 </config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/indexer.xml b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/indexer.xml
index 774175ede..c8d22dd88 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/indexer.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/indexer.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,5 @@
     >
         <title translate="true">Product Variant Feed</title>
         <description translate="true">Collects data for a Product Variants Feed</description>
-        <dependencies>
-            <indexer id="catalog_product_category" />
-        </dependencies>
     </indexer>
 </config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/mview.xml b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/mview.xml
index 83ad31221..9c3f4acf3 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/mview.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/ProductVariantDataExporter/etc/mview.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@
  */
 -->
 <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Mview/etc/mview.xsd">
-    <view id="catalog_data_exporter_product_variants" class="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer" group="indexer">
-        <subscriptions>
-            <table name="catalog_product_entity" entity_column="entity_id" />
-        </subscriptions>
-    </view>
+    <view id="catalog_data_exporter_product_variants" class="Magento\ProductVariantDataExporter\Model\Indexer\ProductVariantFeedIndexer" group="indexer"/>
 </config>