diff --git a/app/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_decorator.rb b/app/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_decorator.rb
index 9563eda..11c09bc 100644
--- a/app/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/parsers/bulkrax/csv_parser_decorator.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module CsvParserDecorator
 
     def valid_import?
       missing_fields_by_model = records.each_with_object({}) do |record, hash|
+        record.compact!
         record.transform_keys!(&:downcase).transform_keys!(&:to_sym)
         missing_fields = missing_fields_for(record)
         hash[record[:model]] = missing_fields if missing_fields.present?
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def valid_import?
 
       file_paths.is_a?(Array)
     rescue StandardError => e
-      status_info(e)
+      set_status_info(e)
       false
     end
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/bulkrax.rb b/config/initializers/bulkrax.rb
index 6270a13..b078193 100644
--- a/config/initializers/bulkrax.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/bulkrax.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       'audience' => { from: ['audience'], split: '\|' },
       'based_near' => { from: ['location'], split: '\|' },
       'bibliographic_citation' => { from: ['bibliographic_citation'], split: '\|', generated: true },
-      'bulkrax_identifier' => { from: ['source_identifier'], source_identifier: true, generated: true },
+      'bulkrax_identifier' => { from: ['source_identifier'], source_identifier: true, generated: true, search_field: 'bulkrax_identifier_tesim' },
       'children' => { from: ['children'], split: /\s*[;|]\s*/, related_children_field_mapping: true },
       'chronology_note' => { from: ['chronology_note'], split: '\|' },
       'committee_member' => { from: ['committee_member'], split: '\|' },
diff --git a/config/metadata/bulkrax_metadata.yaml b/config/metadata/bulkrax_metadata.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d66e7..0000000
--- a/config/metadata/bulkrax_metadata.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-attributes:
-  bulkrax_identifier:
-    type: string
-    predicate: https://hykucommons.org/terms/bulkrax_identifier
-    multiple: false
-    index_keys:
-      # NOTE: For backwards compatibility, we specify `bulkrax_identifier_tesim`
-      #       however if we want singular (which we do) and to have exact match
-      #       (which we do) we don't want to use Text English Stored Indexed
-      #       Multiple (e.g. _tesim suffix).  Instead we want String Stored
-      #       Index (e.g. _ssi).  However, until we get all of our efforts
-      #       coordinated; we'll continue to contend with this misalignment.
-      - "bulkrax_identifier_tesim"
-      - "bulkrax_identifier_ssi"