diff --git a/connectors/src/connectors/confluence/temporal/activities.ts b/connectors/src/connectors/confluence/temporal/activities.ts
index abd61dbccd6d..b6b257a4463a 100644
--- a/connectors/src/connectors/confluence/temporal/activities.ts
+++ b/connectors/src/connectors/confluence/temporal/activities.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ import mainLogger from "@connectors/logger/logger";
 import { ConnectorResource } from "@connectors/resources/connector_resource";
 import type { DataSourceConfig } from "@connectors/types/data_source_config";
 
+/**
+ * This type represents the ID that should be passed as parentId to a content node to hide it from the UI.
+ * This behavior is typically used to hide content nodes whose position in the ContentNodeTree cannot be resolved at time of upsertion.
+ */
+export const HiddenContentNodeParentId = "__internal_synchronizing__";
+
 const logger = mainLogger.child({
   provider: "confluence",
 });
@@ -381,8 +387,8 @@ export async function confluenceCheckAndUpsertPageActivity({
       documentUrl,
       loggerArgs,
       // Parent Ids will be computed after all page imports within the space have been completed.
-      parents: [documentId],
-      hideContentNode: true,
+      parents: [documentId, HiddenContentNodeParentId],
+      parentId: HiddenContentNodeParentId,
       tags,
       timestampMs: lastPageVersionCreatedAt.getTime(),
       upsertContext: {
diff --git a/connectors/src/lib/data_sources.ts b/connectors/src/lib/data_sources.ts
index b1038d5ca4a0..945af7430ccd 100644
--- a/connectors/src/lib/data_sources.ts
+++ b/connectors/src/lib/data_sources.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import type {
   PostDataSourceDocumentRequestBody,
 } from "@dust-tt/types";
 import {
-  HiddenContentNodeParentId,
   isValidDate,
   MAX_CHUNK_SIZE,
   safeSubstring,
@@ -70,15 +69,13 @@ type UpsertToDataSourceParams = {
   timestampMs?: number;
   tags?: string[];
   parents: string[];
+  parentId?: string | null;
   loggerArgs?: Record<string, string | number>;
   upsertContext: UpsertContext;
   title: string;
   mimeType: string;
   async: boolean;
-} & (
-  | { parentId?: string | null; hideContentNode?: never } // TODO(2024-12-13) - parentId should not be nullable here, to change after changing the connectors
-  | { parentId?: never; hideContentNode: true }
-);
+};
 
 function getDustAPI(dataSourceConfig: DataSourceConfig) {
   return new DustAPI(
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ async function _upsertToDatasource({
   mimeType,
   async,
   parentId = null,
-  hideContentNode,
 }: UpsertToDataSourceParams) {
   return tracer.trace(
     `connectors`,
@@ -154,15 +150,6 @@ async function _upsertToDatasource({
         ? (Math.floor(timestampMs) as Branded<number, IntBrand>)
         : null;
 
-      // setting the magic values to hide the content node
-      if (hideContentNode) {
-        parentId = HiddenContentNodeParentId; // types enforce that we don't already have a parentId there
-        parents = [
-          ...parents.filter((p) => p !== HiddenContentNodeParentId),
-          HiddenContentNodeParentId,
-        ];
-      }
-
       const dustRequestPayload: PostDataSourceDocumentRequestBody = {
         text: null,
         section: documentContent,
diff --git a/types/src/front/lib/connectors_api.ts b/types/src/front/lib/connectors_api.ts
index 5e8c17345bcc..69caa27ac5b6 100644
--- a/types/src/front/lib/connectors_api.ts
+++ b/types/src/front/lib/connectors_api.ts
@@ -121,16 +121,6 @@ export type ContentNodeWithParentIds = ContentNode & {
   parentInternalIds: string[] | null;
 };
 
-/**
- * This type represents the ID that should be passed as parentId to a content node to hide it from the UI.
- * This behavior is typically used to hide content nodes whose position in the ContentNodeTree cannot be resolved at time of upsertion.
- */
-export const HiddenContentNodeParentId = "__dust_synchronizing__";
-
-export function isContentNodeHidden(contentNode: BaseContentNode): boolean {
-  return contentNode.parentInternalId === HiddenContentNodeParentId;
-}
-
 type GetContentNodesReturnType<
   IncludeParents extends boolean,
   Key extends string