diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/LazyIdMapBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/LazyIdMapBuilder.java
index f73203b478..2795bda2f3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/LazyIdMapBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/LazyIdMapBuilder.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public LazyIdMapBuilder(
         this.intermediateIdMapBuilder = ShardedLongLongMap.builder(concurrency);
         this.nodesBuilder = GraphFactory.initNodesBuilder()
             .concurrency(concurrency)
-            .maxOriginalId(NodesBuilder.UNKNOWN_MAX_ID)
             .hasLabelInformation(hasLabelInformation)
             .hasProperties(hasProperties)
             .deduplicateIds(false)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/construction/GraphFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/construction/GraphFactory.java
index 896ef24f9e..3a0223d35b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/construction/GraphFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/core/loading/construction/GraphFactory.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public static NodesBuilderBuilder initNodesBuilder(NodeSchema nodeSchema) {
 
     @Builder.Factory
     static NodesBuilder nodesBuilder(
-        long maxOriginalId,
+        Optional<Long> maxOriginalId,
         Optional<Long> nodeCount,
         Optional<NodeSchema> nodeSchema,
         Optional<Boolean> hasLabelInformation,
@@ -95,20 +95,18 @@ static NodesBuilder nodesBuilder(
         int threadCount = concurrency.orElse(1);
 
         var idMapBehavior = IdMapBehaviorServiceProvider.idMapBehavior();
-        var maybeMaxOriginalId = maxOriginalId != NodesBuilder.UNKNOWN_MAX_ID
-            ? Optional.of(maxOriginalId)
-            : Optional.<Long>empty();
 
         var idMapType = idMapBuilderType.orElse(IdMap.NO_TYPE);
         var idMapBuilder = idMapBehavior.create(
             idMapType,
             threadCount,
-            maybeMaxOriginalId,
+            maxOriginalId,
             nodeCount
         );
 
+        long maxOriginalNodeId = maxOriginalId.orElse(NodesBuilder.UNKNOWN_MAX_ID);
         boolean deduplicate = deduplicateIds.orElse(true);
-        long maxIntermediateId = maxOriginalId;
+        long maxIntermediateId = maxOriginalNodeId;
 
         if (HighLimitIdMap.isHighLimitIdMap(idMapType)) {
             // If the requested id map is high limit, we need to make sure that
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ static NodesBuilder nodesBuilder(
 
         return nodeSchema.isPresent()
             ? fromSchema(
-                maxOriginalId,
+            maxOriginalNodeId,
                 maxIntermediateId,
                 idMapBuilder,
                 threadCount,
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ static NodesBuilder nodesBuilder(
                 deduplicate
             )
             : new NodesBuilder(
-                maxOriginalId,
+                maxOriginalNodeId,
                 maxIntermediateId,
                 threadCount,
                 NodesBuilderContext.lazy(threadCount),
diff --git a/legacy-cypher-projection/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/legacycypherprojection/CypherNodeLoader.java b/legacy-cypher-projection/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/legacycypherprojection/CypherNodeLoader.java
index 8c3621d4cf..bb5f699dae 100644
--- a/legacy-cypher-projection/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/legacycypherprojection/CypherNodeLoader.java
+++ b/legacy-cypher-projection/src/main/java/org/neo4j/gds/legacycypherprojection/CypherNodeLoader.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ BatchLoadResult loadSingleBatch(InternalTransaction tx, int bufferSize) {
 
         this.nodesBuilder = GraphFactory.initNodesBuilder()
             .nodeCount(nodeCount)
-            .maxOriginalId(NodesBuilder.UNKNOWN_MAX_ID)
             .hasLabelInformation(hasLabelInformation)
             .hasProperties(!propertyColumns.isEmpty())
             .propertyState(PropertyState.TRANSIENT)