diff --git a/src/entities.js b/src/entities.js
index 7e4b31e9..4d313646 100644
--- a/src/entities.js
+++ b/src/entities.js
@@ -151,16 +151,14 @@ async function fetchIncludedEntities() {
 			/* get recursive parents of networks (necessary for scraper resolve) */
 			SELECT to_jsonb(included_per_network) as entity,
 				parent_id,
-				array['parent'] as parent_path,
-				0 as depth
+				array['parent'] as parent_path
 			FROM included_per_network
 
 			UNION ALL
 
 			SELECT jsonb_set(entity_tree.entity, entity_tree.parent_path, to_jsonb(entities)),
 				   entities.parent_id,
-				   entity_tree.parent_path || array['parent'],
-				   depth + 1
+				   entity_tree.parent_path || array['parent']
 			FROM entity_tree
 			JOIN entities ON entity_tree.parent_id = entities.id
 		)
@@ -185,8 +183,7 @@ async function fetchReleaseEntities(baseReleases) {
 		WITH RECURSIVE entity_tree as (
 			SELECT to_jsonb(entities) as entity,
 				parent_id,
-				array['parent'] as parent_path,
-				0 as depth
+				array['parent'] as parent_path
 			FROM entities
 			WHERE slug = ANY(:entitySlugs)
 
@@ -194,8 +191,7 @@ async function fetchReleaseEntities(baseReleases) {
 
 			SELECT jsonb_set(entity_tree.entity, entity_tree.parent_path, to_jsonb(entities)),
 				   entities.parent_id,
-				   entity_tree.parent_path || array['parent'],
-				   depth + 1
+				   entity_tree.parent_path || array['parent']
 			FROM entity_tree
 			JOIN entities ON entity_tree.parent_id = entities.id
 		)