diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/helper/tasks/HierarchyMigrationTask.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/helper/tasks/HierarchyMigrationTask.java
index 948520c92b9..d6db504c263 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/helper/tasks/HierarchyMigrationTask.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/helper/tasks/HierarchyMigrationTask.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public void run() {
             }
             while (progress < processesList.size()) {
                 Process process = processService.getById(processesList.get(progress));
-                if (fileService.processOwnsAnchorXML(process, true) && !fileService.processOwnsYearXML(process, true)) {
+                if (fileService.processOwnsAnchorXML(process) && !fileService.processOwnsYearXML(process)) {
                     setWorkDetail(process.getTitle());
                     migrate(process);
                 }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/migration/NewspaperProcessesMigrator.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/migration/NewspaperProcessesMigrator.java
index b0e9a35fe99..b91db33ff8a 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/migration/NewspaperProcessesMigrator.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/migration/NewspaperProcessesMigrator.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ private static boolean isNewspaperBatch(Batch batch) throws IOException {
         logger.trace("Examining batch {}...", batch.getTitle());
         boolean newspaperBatch = true;
         for (Process process : batch.getProcesses()) {
-            if (!fileService.processOwnsYearXML(process, true)) {
+            if (!fileService.processOwnsYearXML(process)) {
                 newspaperBatch = false;
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/file/FileService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/file/FileService.java
index 899e0ea0035..da748098086 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/file/FileService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/file/FileService.java
@@ -562,18 +562,7 @@ public void moveFile(URI sourceUri, URI targetUri) throws IOException {
      *             if Io failed
      */
     public boolean processOwnsAnchorXML(Process process) throws IOException {
-        return processOwnsAnchorXML(process, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Process owns anchor XML.
-     *
-     * @param process whose metadata path to use
-     * @param forIndexingAll if method is triggerd from system/indexing page
-     * @return true if anchor file was found
-     */
-    public boolean processOwnsAnchorXML(Process process, boolean forIndexingAll) throws IOException {
-        URI yearFile = createAnchorFile(getMetadataFilePath(process, false, forIndexingAll));
+        URI yearFile = createAnchorFile(getMetadataFilePath(process, false, true));
         return fileExist(yearFile);
     }
 
@@ -587,18 +576,7 @@ public boolean processOwnsAnchorXML(Process process, boolean forIndexingAll) thr
      *             if Io failed
      */
     public boolean processOwnsYearXML(Process process) throws IOException {
-        return processOwnsYearXML(process, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Process owns year XML.
-     *
-     * @param process whose metadata path to use
-     * @param forIndexingAll if method is triggerd from system/indexing page
-     * @return true if year file was found
-     */
-    public boolean processOwnsYearXML(Process process, boolean forIndexingAll) throws IOException {
-        URI yearFile = createYearFile(getMetadataFilePath(process, false, forIndexingAll));
+        URI yearFile = createYearFile(getMetadataFilePath(process, false, true));
         return fileExist(yearFile);
     }