diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/Import/Parser/Contribution.php b/CRM/Contribute/Import/Parser/Contribution.php
index f98f1bc2d161..873954a33fea 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/Import/Parser/Contribution.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/Import/Parser/Contribution.php
@@ -197,22 +197,12 @@ public function addField($name, $title, $type = CRM_Utils_Type::T_INT, $headerPa
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * The initializer code, called before the processing
-   */
-  public function init() {
-    $this->setFieldMetadata();
-    foreach ($this->getImportableFieldsMetadata() as $name => $field) {
-      $this->addField($name, $field['title'], $field['type'], $field['headerPattern'], $field['dataPattern']);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Set field metadata.
    */
   protected function setFieldMetadata() {
     if (empty($this->importableFieldsMetadata)) {
-      $fields = CRM_Contribute_BAO_Contribution::importableFields($this->_contactType, FALSE);
+      $fields = CRM_Contribute_BAO_Contribution::importableFields($this->getContactType(), FALSE);
 
       $fields = array_merge($fields,
         [
@@ -250,29 +240,6 @@ protected function setFieldMetadata() {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Handle the values in summary mode.
-   *
-   * @param array $values
-   *   The array of values belonging to this line.
-   *
-   * @return int
-   *   CRM_Import_Parser::VALID or CRM_Import_Parser::ERROR
-   */
-  public function summary(&$values) {
-    $rowNumber = (int) ($values[array_key_last($values)]);
-    $params = $this->getMappedRow($values);
-    $errorMessage = implode(';', $this->getInvalidValues($params));
-    $params['contact_type'] = 'Contribution';
-
-    if ($errorMessage) {
-      $this->setImportStatus($rowNumber, 'ERROR', "Invalid value for field(s) : $errorMessage");
-      return CRM_Import_Parser::ERROR;
-    }
-
-    return CRM_Import_Parser::VALID;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Handle the values in import mode.
    *
@@ -302,15 +269,15 @@ public function import($values): void {
       if ($this->isSkipDuplicates() &&
         (!empty($paramValues['contribution_contact_id']) || !empty($paramValues['external_identifier']))
       ) {
-        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->_contactType;
+        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->getContactType();
       }
       elseif ($this->isUpdateExisting() &&
         (!empty($paramValues['contribution_id']) || !empty($values['trxn_id']) || !empty($paramValues['invoice_id']))
       ) {
-        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->_contactType;
+        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->getContactType();
       }
       elseif (!empty($paramValues['pledge_payment'])) {
-        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->_contactType;
+        $paramValues['contact_type'] = $this->getContactType();
       }
 
       $formatError = $this->deprecatedFormatParams($paramValues, $formatted);
@@ -451,7 +418,7 @@ public function import($values): void {
 
         // Using new Dedupe rule.
         $ruleParams = [
-          'contact_type' => $this->_contactType,
+          'contact_type' => $this->getContactType(),
           'used' => 'Unsupervised',
         ];
         $fieldsArray = CRM_Dedupe_BAO_DedupeRule::dedupeRuleFields($ruleParams);
diff --git a/CRM/Import/Parser.php b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
index 7ec35b7c9aa7..05a6b14da8e6 100644
--- a/CRM/Import/Parser.php
+++ b/CRM/Import/Parser.php
@@ -1810,6 +1810,11 @@ public function init() {
     // Force re-load of user job.
     unset($this->userJob);
     $this->setFieldMetadata();
+    // remove this - we no longer use headerPatter & dataPattern is silly IMHO
+    // but we could get it from importable fields if we really really need it.
+    foreach ($this->getImportableFieldsMetadata() as $name => $field) {
+      $this->addField($name, $field['title'], $field['type'], $field['headerPattern'], $field['dataPattern']);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.tpl b/templates/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.tpl
index 61f1d14e11f9..03458208b07c 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Contribute/Import/Form/Preview.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <p>{ts}Click 'Import Now' if you are ready to proceed.{/ts}</p>
  </div>
   <div class="crm-submit-buttons">{include file="CRM/common/formButtons.tpl" location="top"}</div>
- {include file="CRM/common/importProgress.tpl"}
+
  {* Summary Preview (record counts) *}
  <table id="preview-counts" class="report">
     <tr><td class="label crm-grid-cell">{ts}Total Rows{/ts}</td>