diff --git a/include/neug/transaction/insert_transaction.h b/include/neug/transaction/insert_transaction.h
index 326c107b3..fb611a8a8 100644
--- a/include/neug/transaction/insert_transaction.h
+++ b/include/neug/transaction/insert_transaction.h
@@ -176,9 +176,6 @@ class InsertTransaction {
 
   void clear();
 
-  static bool get_vertex_with_retries(PropertyGraph& graph, label_t label,
-                                      const execution::Value& oid, vid_t& lid,
-                                      timestamp_t timestamp);
   InArchive arc_;
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<neug::IdIndexerBase<vid_t>>> added_vertices_;
diff --git a/src/transaction/insert_transaction.cc b/src/transaction/insert_transaction.cc
index 3d615cc16..a87dcbe01 100644
--- a/src/transaction/insert_transaction.cc
+++ b/src/transaction/insert_transaction.cc
@@ -214,10 +214,8 @@ void InsertTransaction::IngestWal(PropertyGraph& graph, uint32_t timestamp,
       InsertEdgeRedo redo;
       arc >> redo;
       vid_t src_lid, dst_lid;
-      CHECK(get_vertex_with_retries(graph, redo.src_label, redo.src, src_lid,
-                                    timestamp));
-      CHECK(get_vertex_with_retries(graph, redo.dst_label, redo.dst, dst_lid,
-                                    timestamp));
+      CHECK(graph.get_lid(redo.src_label, redo.src, src_lid, timestamp));
+      CHECK(graph.get_lid(redo.dst_label, redo.dst, dst_lid, timestamp));
       int32_t oe_offset_unused = 0;
       const void* prop_unused = nullptr;
       auto ret = graph.AddEdge(redo.src_label, src_lid, redo.dst_label, dst_lid,
@@ -244,25 +242,6 @@ void InsertTransaction::clear() {
 
 const Schema& InsertTransaction::schema() const { return graph_.schema(); }
 
-bool InsertTransaction::get_vertex_with_retries(PropertyGraph& graph,
-                                                label_t label,
-                                                const execution::Value& oid,
-                                                vid_t& lid,
-                                                timestamp_t timestamp) {
-  if (NEUG_LIKELY(graph.get_lid(label, oid, lid, timestamp))) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(1000000));
-    if (NEUG_LIKELY(graph.get_lid(label, oid, lid, timestamp))) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  LOG(ERROR) << "get_vertex [" << oid.to_string() << "] failed";
-  return false;
-}
-
 void InsertTransaction::create_id_indexer_if_not_exists(label_t label) {
   if (label >= added_vertices_.size()) {
     added_vertices_base_.resize(label + 1, 0);