diff --git a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ParseAndStoreCommonDataRouteBuilder.java b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ParseAndStoreCommonDataRouteBuilder.java
index 0f2a395c..31a61c88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ParseAndStoreCommonDataRouteBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ParseAndStoreCommonDataRouteBuilder.java
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 package no.entur.antu.routes.validation;
 
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.FILE_HANDLE;
-import static no.entur.antu.Constants.NETEX_COMMON_FILE_NAME;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.NETEX_FILE_NAME;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.VALIDATION_REPORT_ID_HEADER;
-import static no.entur.antu.routes.memorystore.MemoryStoreRoute.MEMORY_STORE_FILE_NAME;
+import static no.entur.antu.routes.validation.ValidateFilesRouteBuilder.PROP_NETEX_FILE_CONTENT;
 
 import no.entur.antu.commondata.CommonDataRepository;
 import no.entur.antu.routes.BaseRouteBuilder;
@@ -48,17 +47,19 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
     super.configure();
 
     from("direct:storeCommonData")
+      .filter(header(NETEX_FILE_NAME).startsWith("_"))
       .log(
         LoggingLevel.INFO,
-        correlation() + "Parsing NeTEx file ${header." + FILE_HANDLE + "}"
+        correlation() +
+        "Extracting common data from NeTEx file ${header." +
+        NETEX_FILE_NAME +
+        "}"
       )
       .setProperty(PROP_STOP_WATCH, StopWatch::new)
       .doTry()
-      .setHeader(MEMORY_STORE_FILE_NAME, header(NETEX_COMMON_FILE_NAME))
-      .to("direct:downloadSingleNetexFileFromMemoryStore")
       .process(exchange ->
         commonDataRepository.loadCommonDataCache(
-          exchange.getIn().getBody(byte[].class),
+          exchange.getProperty(PROP_NETEX_FILE_CONTENT, byte[].class),
           exchange.getIn().getHeader(VALIDATION_REPORT_ID_HEADER, String.class)
         )
       )
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
       .log(
         LoggingLevel.INFO,
         correlation() +
-        "Parsed NeTEx file ${header." +
+        "Extracted common data from NeTEx file ${header." +
         NETEX_FILE_NAME +
         "} in " +
         "${exchangeProperty." +
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/SplitDatasetRouteBuilder.java b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/SplitDatasetRouteBuilder.java
index 131564f6..ccf5f5ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/SplitDatasetRouteBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/SplitDatasetRouteBuilder.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.FILENAME_DELIMITER;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.FILE_HANDLE;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.JOB_TYPE_VALIDATE;
-import static no.entur.antu.Constants.NETEX_COMMON_FILE_NAME;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.NETEX_FILE_NAME;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.TEMPORARY_FILE_NAME;
 import static no.entur.antu.Constants.VALIDATION_DATASET_FILE_HANDLE_HEADER;
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
       })
       .choice()
       .when(header(DATASET_NB_COMMON_FILES).isGreaterThan(0))
-      .to("direct:parseAndStoreCommonData")
       .to("direct:createCommonFilesValidationJobs")
       .otherwise()
       // skip the common file barrier and go directly to the line file job creation step
@@ -155,22 +153,6 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
       .setBody(constant(""))
       .routeId("upload-single-netex-files");
 
-    from("direct:parseAndStoreCommonData")
-      .log(LoggingLevel.DEBUG, correlation() + "Start parsing common files")
-      .split(exchangeProperty(PROP_ALL_NETEX_FILE_NAMES))
-      .filter(body().startsWith("_"))
-      .setHeader(
-        Constants.DATASET_NB_NETEX_FILES,
-        exchangeProperty(Exchange.SPLIT_SIZE)
-      )
-      .setHeader(NETEX_COMMON_FILE_NAME, body())
-      .setHeader(FILE_HANDLE, simple(Constants.GCS_BUCKET_FILE_NAME))
-      .log(LoggingLevel.TRACE, correlation() + "All NeTEx Files: ${body}")
-      .to("direct:storeCommonData")
-      //end split
-      .end()
-      .routeId("create-parse-and-store-common-data-jobs");
-
     from("direct:createCommonFilesValidationJobs")
       .log(
         LoggingLevel.DEBUG,
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ValidateFilesRouteBuilder.java b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ValidateFilesRouteBuilder.java
index fbfe8e59..bf52b6bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ValidateFilesRouteBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/entur/antu/routes/validation/ValidateFilesRouteBuilder.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 @Component
 public class ValidateFilesRouteBuilder extends BaseRouteBuilder {
 
-  private static final String PROP_NETEX_FILE_CONTENT = "NETEX_FILE_CONTENT";
+  public static final String PROP_NETEX_FILE_CONTENT = "NETEX_FILE_CONTENT";
   private static final String PROP_ALL_NETEX_FILE_NAMES =
     "ALL_NETEX_FILE_NAMES";
   private static final String PROP_STOP_WATCH = "PROP_STOP_WATCH";
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public void configure() throws Exception {
       .to("direct:downloadSingleNetexFileFromMemoryStore")
       .setProperty(PROP_NETEX_FILE_CONTENT, body())
       .to("direct:runNetexValidators")
+      .to("direct:storeCommonData")
       // Duplicated PubSub messages are detected when trying to download the NeTEx file:
       // it does not exist anymore after the report is generated and all temporary files are deleted
       .doCatch(AntuMemoryStoreFileNotFoundException.class)