diff --git a/.changeset/wild-lizards-tie.md b/.changeset/wild-lizards-tie.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32379d9e6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wild-lizards-tie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@keystone-next/keystone': patch
+---
+
+Simplified the internal implementation of nested mutations.
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/create-update.ts b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/create-update.ts
index 5d164204a5f..9fd8b0cebe8 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/create-update.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/create-update.ts
@@ -26,17 +26,15 @@ export class NestedMutationState {
   constructor(context: KeystoneContext) {
     this.#context = context;
   }
-  async create(
-    input: Record<string, any>,
-    list: InitialisedList
-  ): Promise<{ kind: 'connect'; id: IdType } | { kind: 'create'; data: Record<string, any> }> {
+  async create(input: Record<string, any>, list: InitialisedList) {
     const { afterChange, data } = await createOneState({ data: input }, list, this.#context);
 
     const item = await getPrismaModelForList(this.#context.prisma, list.listKey).create({ data });
 
     this.#afterChanges.push(() => afterChange(item));
-    return { kind: 'connect' as const, id: item.id as any };
+    return { id: item.id as IdType };
   }
+
   async afterChange() {
     await promiseAllRejectWithAllErrors(this.#afterChanges.map(async x => x()));
   }
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-many-input-resolvers.ts b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-many-input-resolvers.ts
index f819b1a47fe..3cdda6a03e3 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-many-input-resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-many-input-resolvers.ts
@@ -81,17 +81,9 @@ async function resolveCreateAndConnect(
     throw new Error(`Unable to create and/or connect ${errors.length} ${target}`);
   }
 
-  const result = {
-    connect: connectResult.filter(isFulfilled).map(x => x.value),
-    create: [] as Record<string, any>[],
-  };
-
+  const result = { connect: connectResult.filter(isFulfilled).map(x => x.value) };
   for (const createData of createResult.filter(isFulfilled).map(x => x.value)) {
-    if (createData.kind === 'create') {
-      result.create.push(createData.data);
-    } else if (createData.kind === 'connect') {
-      result.connect.push({ id: createData.id });
-    }
+    result.connect.push({ id: createData.id });
   }
 
   // Perform queries for the connections
@@ -135,15 +127,11 @@ export function resolveRelateToManyForUpdateInput(
       foreignList
     );
 
-    const [disconnect, connectAndCreates] = await Promise.all([
+    const [disconnect, connect] = await Promise.all([
       disconnects,
       resolveCreateAndConnect(value, nestedMutationState, context, foreignList, target),
     ]);
 
-    return {
-      set: value.disconnectAll ? [] : undefined,
-      disconnect,
-      ...connectAndCreates,
-    };
+    return { set: value.disconnectAll ? [] : undefined, disconnect, ...connect };
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-one-input-resolvers.ts b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-one-input-resolvers.ts
index 3e4d97b7e9b..6d5c37fa0b6 100644
--- a/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-one-input-resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/keystone/src/lib/core/mutations/nested-mutation-one-input-resolvers.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ async function handleCreateAndUpdate(
       }
     })();
 
-    if (create.kind === 'connect') {
-      return { connect: { id: create.id } };
-    } else {
-      return { create: create.data };
-    }
+    return { connect: { id: create.id } };
   }
 }