diff --git a/actions/dataset.go b/actions/dataset.go
index a92732676..bf2575298 100644
--- a/actions/dataset.go
+++ b/actions/dataset.go
@@ -249,11 +249,19 @@ func DeleteDataset(node *p2p.QriNode, ref *repo.DatasetRef) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("given path does not equal most recent dataset path: cannot delete a specific save, can only delete entire dataset history. use `me/dataset_name` to delete entire dataset")
 	}
 
-	// ds, err := dsfs.LoadDataset(r.Store(), datastore.NewKey(ref.Path))
+	// TODO - this is causing bad things in our tests
+	// log, err := base.DatasetLog(r, *ref, 10000, 0, false)
 	// if err != nil {
 	// 	return err
 	// }
 
+	// for _, ref := range log {
+	// 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 50)
+	// 	if err = base.UnpinDataset(r, ref); err != nil {
+	// 		return err
+	// 	}
+	// }
+
 	if err = r.DeleteRef(*ref); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/api/datasets.go b/api/datasets.go
index 2e667d364..158f4a93b 100644
--- a/api/datasets.go
+++ b/api/datasets.go
@@ -473,12 +473,10 @@ func (h *DatasetHandlers) saveHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		cleanup, err := dsutil.FormFileDataset(r, dsp)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := dsutil.FormFileDataset(r, dsp); err != nil {
 			util.WriteErrResponse(w, http.StatusBadRequest, err)
 			return
 		}
-		defer cleanup()
 	}
 
 	res := &repo.DatasetRef{}
diff --git a/base/dataset_prepare.go b/base/dataset_prepare.go
index 95597bbad..b3b98106f 100644
--- a/base/dataset_prepare.go
+++ b/base/dataset_prepare.go
@@ -89,15 +89,8 @@ func PrepareDatasetNew(dsp *dataset.DatasetPod) (ds *dataset.Dataset, body cafs.
 			return
 		}
 
-		// NOTE - if we have a data file, this overrides any transformation,
-		// so we need to remove the transform to avoid having the data appear to be
-		// the result of a transform process
-		ds.Transform = nil
-
 	} else if err.Error() == "not found" {
 		err = nil
-	} else {
-		return
 	}
 
 	return