diff --git a/app/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack.rb b/app/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack.rb
index 487161d88b..26771cb006 100644
--- a/app/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack.rb
+++ b/app/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ class DefaultMiddlewareStack
     # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
     def self.build_stack
       ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new.tap do |middleware|
-        # Wrap everything in a database transaction, if the save of the resource
-        # fails then roll back any database AdminSetChangeSet
-        middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::TransactionalRequest
-
         # Ensure you are mutating the most recent version
         middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::OptimisticLockValidator
 
diff --git a/spec/features/actor_stack_spec.rb b/spec/features/actor_stack_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35c3f1b45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/actor_stack_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+# Integration tests for the full midddleware stack
+RSpec.describe Hyrax::DefaultMiddlewareStack, :clean_repo do
+  subject(:actor)  { stack.build(Hyrax::Actors::Terminator.new) }
+  let(:ability)    { ::Ability.new(user) }
+  let(:attributes) { {} }
+  let(:stack)      { described_class.build_stack }
+  let(:terminator) { Hyrax::Actors::Terminator.new }
+  let(:user)       { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+  let(:work)       { FactoryBot.build(:work) }
+  let(:env)        { Hyrax::Actors::Environment.new(work, ability, attributes) }
+
+  let(:delayed_failure_actor) do
+    Class.new(Hyrax::Actors::AbstractActor) do
+      def create(env)
+        next_actor.create(env) && raise('ALWAYS RAISE')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#create' do
+    it 'persists the work' do
+      expect { actor.create(env) }
+        .to change { work.persisted? }
+        .to true
+    end
+
+    context 'when failing on the way back up the actor stack' do
+      before { stack.insert_before(Hyrax::Actors::ModelActor, delayed_failure_actor) }
+
+      before(:context) do
+        Hyrax.config.enable_noids = true
+        # we need to mint once to set the `rand` database column and
+        # make minter behavior predictable
+        ::Noid::Rails.config.minter_class.new.mint
+      end
+
+      after(:context) { Hyrax.config.enable_noids = false }
+
+      it 'leaves a valid minter state', :aggregate_failures do
+        expect { actor.create(env) }.to raise_error 'ALWAYS RAISE'
+
+        expect(GenericWork.new.assign_id).not_to eq work.id
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/hyrax/curation_concern_spec.rb b/spec/services/hyrax/curation_concern_spec.rb
index a45fdbcde5..6dcc394f0a 100644
--- a/spec/services/hyrax/curation_concern_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/hyrax/curation_concern_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   describe ".actor" do
     subject { described_class.actor }
 
-    it { is_expected.to be_kind_of Hyrax::Actors::TransactionalRequest }
+    it { is_expected.to be_kind_of Hyrax::Actors::AbstractActor }
   end
 
   describe ".actor_factory" do
diff --git a/spec/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack_spec.rb b/spec/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack_spec.rb
index 442225ecc4..c830426e4a 100644
--- a/spec/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/hyrax/default_middleware_stack_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
     it "has the correct stack frames" do
       expect(subject.middlewares).to eq [
-        Hyrax::Actors::TransactionalRequest,
         Hyrax::Actors::OptimisticLockValidator,
         Hyrax::Actors::CreateWithRemoteFilesActor,
         Hyrax::Actors::CreateWithFilesActor,
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
 
   describe 'Hyrax::CurationConcern.actor' do
     it "calls the Hyrax::ActorFactory" do
-      expect(Hyrax::CurationConcern.actor).to be_instance_of Hyrax::Actors::TransactionalRequest
+      expect(Hyrax::CurationConcern.actor).to be_instance_of Hyrax::Actors::OptimisticLockValidator
     end
   end
 end