diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/normalize.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/normalize.js
index 2709c07332fd7..45d6699205c3b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/__tests__/normalize.js
@@ -272,95 +272,6 @@ describe(`Process contentful data (by name)`, () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe(`Skip existing nodes in warm build`, () => {
-  it(`creates nodes for each entry`, () => {
-    const entryList = buildEntryList({
-      currentSyncData,
-      contentTypeItems,
-    })
-
-    const resolvable = buildResolvableSet({
-      assets: currentSyncData.assets,
-      entryList,
-    })
-
-    const foreignReferenceMap = buildForeignReferenceMap({
-      contentTypeItems,
-      entryList,
-      resolvable,
-      defaultLocale,
-      space,
-      useNameForId: true,
-    })
-
-    const createNode = jest.fn()
-    const createNodeId = jest.fn(id => id)
-    let doReturn = true
-    const getNode = jest.fn(id => {
-      if (doReturn) {
-        doReturn = false
-        // Note: the relevant part for this test is that the same digest is returned
-        // so it skips generating the node and any of its children. Actual shape of
-        // returned is not relevant to test so update if anything breaks.
-        return {
-          id,
-          internal: { contentDigest: entryList[0][0].sys.updatedAt },
-        }
-      }
-      // All other nodes are new ("unknown")
-      return undefined
-    })
-    contentTypeItems.forEach((contentTypeItem, i) => {
-      createNodesForContentType({
-        contentTypeItem,
-        restrictedNodeFields,
-        conflictFieldPrefix,
-        entries: entryList[i],
-        createNode,
-        createNodeId,
-        getNode,
-        resolvable,
-        foreignReferenceMap,
-        defaultLocale,
-        locales,
-        space,
-        useNameForId: true,
-        pluginConfig,
-        unstable_createNodeManifest,
-      })
-    })
-
-    const nodeTypeCounts = countCreatedNodeTypesFromMock(createNode.mock)
-
-    expect(Object.keys(nodeTypeCounts)).toHaveLength(15)
-
-    expect(nodeTypeCounts).toEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        ContentfulBrand: 6,
-        contentfulBrandCompanyDescriptionTextNode: 6,
-        contentfulBrandCompanyNameTextNode: 6,
-        // These 3 category entities matter as the first node is skipped in the test
-        ContentfulCategory: 3,
-        contentfulCategoryCategoryDescriptionTextNode: 3,
-        contentfulCategoryTitleTextNode: 3,
-        ContentfulContentType: 5,
-        ContentfulJsonTest: 2,
-        contentfulJsonTestJsonStringTestJsonNode: 2,
-        contentfulJsonTestJsonTestJsonNode: 2,
-        ContentfulProduct: 8,
-        contentfulProductProductDescriptionTextNode: 8,
-        contentfulProductProductNameTextNode: 8,
-        ContentfulRemarkTest: 2,
-        contentfulRemarkTestContentTextNode: 2,
-      })
-    )
-
-    // Relevant to compare to compare warm and cold situation
-    // This number ought to be less than the cold build
-    expect(createNode.mock.calls.length).toBe(66) // "warm build where entry was not changed" count
-  })
-})
-
 describe(`Process existing mutated nodes in warm build`, () => {
   it(`creates nodes for each entry`, () => {
     const entryList = buildEntryList({
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/normalize.js b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/normalize.js
index adc6e976cd2b2..70f11142ca6f2 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/src/normalize.js
@@ -383,13 +383,6 @@ export const createNodesForContentType = ({
           entryItem.sys.type
         )
 
-        const existingNode = getNode(entryNodeId)
-        if (existingNode?.internal?.contentDigest === entryItem.sys.updatedAt) {
-          // The Contentful model has `.sys.updatedAt` leading for an entry. If the updatedAt value
-          // of an entry did not change, then we can trust that none of its children were changed either.
-          return null
-        }
-
         // Get localized fields.
         const entryItemFields = _.mapValues(entryItem.fields, (v, k) => {
           const fieldProps = contentTypeItem.fields.find(