diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/group.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/group.ts
index d300873725..b4fd0d1469 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/group.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/events/publishers/group.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ export async function usersAdded(count: number, group: UserGroup) {
   await publishEvent(Event.USER_GROUP_USERS_ADDED, properties)
 }
 
-export async function usersDeleted(emails: string[], group: UserGroup) {
+export async function usersDeleted(count: number, group: UserGroup) {
   const properties: GroupUsersDeletedEvent = {
-    count: emails.length,
+    count,
     groupId: group._id as string,
   }
   await publishEvent(Event.USER_GROUP_USERS_REMOVED, properties)
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
index cf055df477..44f04749c9 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "./db/utils"
 import { queryGlobalView } from "./db/views"
 import { UNICODE_MAX } from "./db/constants"
-import { User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { BulkDocsResponse, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getGlobalDB } from "./context"
 import PouchDB from "pouchdb"
 
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export const bulkGetGlobalUsersById = async (userIds: string[]) => {
   ).rows.map(row => row.doc) as User[]
 }
 
+export const bulkUpdateGlobalUsers = async (users: User[]) => {
+  const db = getGlobalDB() as PouchDB.Database
+  return (await db.bulkDocs(users)) as BulkDocsResponse
+}
+
 /**
  * Given an email address this will use a view to search through
  * all the users to find one with this email address.
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts b/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
index 9f110a492c..222dccea01 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/sdk/users/users.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   AllDocsResponse,
   BulkCreateUsersResponse,
   BulkDeleteUsersResponse,
-  BulkDocsResponse,
   CloudAccount,
   CreateUserResponse,
   InviteUsersRequest,
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ export const bulkCreate = async (
   })
 
   const usersToBulkSave = await Promise.all(usersToSave)
-  await db.bulkDocs(usersToBulkSave)
+  await usersCore.bulkUpdateGlobalUsers(usersToBulkSave)
 
   // Post-processing of bulk added users, e.g. events and cache operations
   for (const user of usersToBulkSave) {
@@ -469,13 +468,11 @@ export const bulkDelete = async (
   )
 
   // Delete from DB
-  const dbResponse: BulkDocsResponse = await db.bulkDocs(
-    usersToDelete.map(user => ({
-      ...user,
-      _deleted: true,
-    }))
-  )
-
+  const toDelete = usersToDelete.map(user => ({
+    ...user,
+    _deleted: true,
+  }))
+  const dbResponse = await usersCore.bulkUpdateGlobalUsers(toDelete)
   for (let user of usersToDelete) {
     await bulkDeleteProcessing(user)
   }