diff --git a/datacube/utils/documents.py b/datacube/utils/documents.py
index 4d5252a82..1ecbb6ea0 100644
--- a/datacube/utils/documents.py
+++ b/datacube/utils/documents.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from deprecat import deprecat
-
 import numpy
 import toolz  # type: ignore[import]
 import yaml
@@ -440,6 +438,9 @@ def sources(self):
             # sources aren't expected to be embedded documents anymore
             self._sources = {k: SimpleDocNav(v) if isinstance(v, collections.abc.Mapping) else v
                              for k, v in get_doc_offset(self._sources_path, self._doc, {}).items()}
+            # if we have sources but they are at (lineage) rather than (lineage, source_datasets)
+            if not self._sources and self._doc.get('lineage'):
+                self._sources = self._doc['lineage']
         return self._sources
 
     @property
@@ -531,7 +532,6 @@ def fields(self):
         return {**self.system_fields, **self.search_fields}
 
 
-@deprecat(deprecated_args={'inplace': {'version': '1.9.0', 'reason': 'not being used'}})
 def without_lineage_sources(doc: Dict[str, Any],
                             spec,
                             inplace: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/integration_tests/conftest.py b/integration_tests/conftest.py
index 985b39072..fc0b22072 100644
--- a/integration_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/integration_tests/conftest.py
@@ -398,10 +398,8 @@ def ds_no_region(index, extended_eo3_metadata_type, ls8_eo3_product, final_datas
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def ds_with_lineage(index, wo_eo3_product, eo3_wo_dataset_doc, ls8_eo3_dataset):
+def ds_with_lineage(index, wo_eo3_product, eo3_wo_dataset_doc):
     doc, path = eo3_wo_dataset_doc
-    # rewrite lineage to correct format
-    doc["lineage"] = {"source_datasets": {"ard": [ls8_eo3_dataset.id]}}
     return doc_to_ds_no_add(
         index,
         wo_eo3_product.name,