diff --git a/app/src/googleplay/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper.java b/app/src/googleplay/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper.java
index e9a76facd..1df5145d1 100644
--- a/app/src/googleplay/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/googleplay/java/com/todoroo/astrid/gtasks/OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper.java
@@ -128,17 +128,16 @@ class OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper {
     private void setCompletedForItemAndSubtasks(final Task item, final boolean completedState) {
         final long itemId = item.getId();
 
-        final Task model = new Task();
         final long completionDate = completedState ? DateUtilities.now() : 0;
 
         if(!completedState) {
             ArrayList<Long> chained = chainedCompletions.get(itemId);
             if(chained != null) {
                 for(Long taskId : chained) {
+                    Task model = new Task();
                     model.setId(taskId);
                     model.setCompletionDate(completionDate);
                     taskDao.save(model);
-                    model.clear();
                 }
                 taskAdapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
             }
@@ -155,10 +154,10 @@ class OrderedMetadataListFragmentHelper {
                 googleTaskDao.update(googleTask);
             }
 
+            Task model = new Task();
             model.setId(node.taskId);
             model.setCompletionDate(completionDate);
             taskDao.save(model);
-            model.clear();
 
             chained.add(node.taskId);
         });
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/andlib/data/AbstractModel.java b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/andlib/data/AbstractModel.java
index ba98d6084..96be06638 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/andlib/data/AbstractModel.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/andlib/data/AbstractModel.java
@@ -112,14 +112,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractModel implements Parcelable, Cloneable {
         return mergedValues;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Clear all data on this model
-     */
-    public void clear() {
-        values = null;
-        setValues = null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Transfers all set values into values. This occurs when a task is
      * saved - future saves will not need to write all the data as before.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/backup/TasksXmlImporter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/backup/TasksXmlImporter.java
index cbc9cfa06..956534999 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/backup/TasksXmlImporter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/backup/TasksXmlImporter.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class TasksXmlImporter {
     private class Format2TaskImporter {
 
         XmlPullParser xpp;
-        final Task currentTask = new Task();
+        Task currentTask;
 
         public Format2TaskImporter() { }
         public Format2TaskImporter(XmlPullParser xpp) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class TasksXmlImporter {
         void parseTask() {
             taskCount++;
             setProgressMessage(activity.getString(R.string.import_progress_read, taskCount));
-            currentTask.clear();
+            currentTask = new Task();
 
             String title = xpp.getAttributeValue(null, Task.TITLE.name);
             String created = xpp.getAttributeValue(null, Task.CREATION_DATE.name);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper.java
index 51b3b3844..bc150c13f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/todoroo/astrid/subtasks/AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper.java
@@ -124,16 +124,15 @@ class AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper {
     private void setCompletedForItemAndSubtasks(final Task item, final boolean completedState) {
         final String itemId = item.getUuid();
 
-        final Task model = new Task();
         final long completionDate = completedState ? DateUtilities.now() : 0;
 
         if(!completedState) {
             ArrayList<String> chained = chainedCompletions.get(itemId);
             if(chained != null) {
                 for(String taskId : chained) {
+                    Task model = new Task();
                     model.setCompletionDate(completionDate);
                     taskDao.update(Task.UUID.eq(taskId), model);
-                    model.clear();
                 }
                 taskAdapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
             }
@@ -143,9 +142,9 @@ class AstridOrderedListFragmentHelper {
         final ArrayList<String> chained = new ArrayList<>();
         updater.applyToDescendants(itemId, node -> {
             String uuid = node.uuid;
+            Task model = new Task();
             model.setCompletionDate(completionDate);
             taskDao.update(Task.UUID.eq(uuid), model);
-            model.clear();
             chained.add(node.uuid);
         });