diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
index f93c91e8ca..c96bd8147f 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/normalizeRelations.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const normalizeRelation = (relation, { shouldAddLink, mainFieldName, targ
 
 export const normalizeRelations = (
   relations,
-  { shouldAddLink = false, mainFieldName, targetModel }
+  { shouldAddLink = false, mainFieldName, targetModel } = {}
 ) => {
   return [...(relations ?? [])]?.map((relation) =>
     normalizeRelation(relation, {
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/tests/normalizeRelations.test.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/tests/normalizeRelations.test.js
index 845d5f28b1..4b53efbfe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/tests/normalizeRelations.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInputDataManager/utils/tests/normalizeRelations.test.js
@@ -1,219 +1,60 @@
 import { normalizeRelations } from '../normalizeRelations';
 
-const FIXTURE_RELATIONS = {
-  data: {
-    pages: [
-      {
-        results: [
-          {
-            id: 3,
-            name: 'Relation 3',
-            publishedAt: '2022-08-24T09:29:11.38',
-          },
-
-          {
-            id: 2,
-            name: 'Relation 2',
-            publishedAt: '',
-          },
-
-          {
-            id: 1,
-            name: 'Relation 1',
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    ],
+const FIXTURE_RELATIONS = [
+  {
+    id: 3,
+    name: 'Relation 3',
+    publishedAt: '2022-08-24T09:29:11.38',
   },
-};
+
+  {
+    id: 2,
+    name: 'Relation 2',
+    publishedAt: '',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 1,
+    name: 'Relation 1',
+  },
+];
 
 describe('RelationInputDataManager || normalizeRelations', () => {
-  test('filters out deleted relations', () => {
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [{ id: 1 }] },
-      })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining(FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[0]),
-            expect.objectContaining(FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[1]),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('returns empty array if all relations are deleted', () => {
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 }] },
-      })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [],
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('filter disconnected relations', () => {
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [{ id: 2 }] },
-      })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining(FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[0]),
-            expect.objectContaining(FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[2]),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
   test('add link to each relation', () => {
     expect(
       normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [] },
         shouldAddLink: true,
         targetModel: 'something',
       })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/3' }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/2' }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/1' }),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
+    ).toStrictEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/3' }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/2' }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ href: '/content-manager/collectionType/something/1' }),
+    ]);
   });
 
   test('add publicationState attribute to each relation', () => {
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [] },
-      })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: 'published' }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: 'draft' }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: false }),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
+    expect(normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS)).toStrictEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: 'published' }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: 'draft' }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ publicationState: false }),
+    ]);
   });
 
   test('add mainField attribute to each relation', () => {
     expect(
       normalizeRelations(FIXTURE_RELATIONS, {
-        modifiedData: { disconnect: [] },
         mainFieldName: 'name',
       })
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[0].name,
-            }),
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[1].name,
-            }),
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages[0].results[2].name,
-            }),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('allows to connect new relations, even though pages is empty', () => {
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(
-        {
-          data: {
-            pages: [],
-          },
-        },
-        {
-          modifiedData: { connect: [{ id: 1 }] },
-        }
-      )
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              id: 1,
-            }),
-          ],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('reverse order of relations pages', () => {
-    const fixtureExtended = {
-      pages: [
-        ...FIXTURE_RELATIONS.data.pages,
-        {
-          results: [
-            {
-              id: 6,
-              name: 'Relation 6',
-              publishedAt: '2022-08-24T09:29:11.38',
-            },
-
-            {
-              id: 5,
-              name: 'Relation 5',
-              publishedAt: '',
-            },
-
-            {
-              id: 4,
-              name: 'Relation 4',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    };
-
-    expect(
-      normalizeRelations(
-        {
-          data: fixtureExtended,
-        },
-        {
-          modifiedData: { connect: [{ id: 6 }] },
-        }
-      )
-    ).toStrictEqual({
-      data: {
-        pages: [
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 6 }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 5 }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 4 }),
-          ],
-          [
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 3 }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 2 }),
-            expect.objectContaining({ id: 1 }),
-          ],
-          [expect.objectContaining({ id: 6 })],
-        ],
-      },
-    });
+    ).toStrictEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS[0].name,
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS[1].name,
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        mainField: FIXTURE_RELATIONS[2].name,
+      }),
+    ]);
   });
 });