diff --git a/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset.py b/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset.py
index 106c81758a..fb87e3ed7c 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset.py
@@ -277,10 +277,7 @@ class DeleteAsset(BaseAction):
                 'message': 'No entities to delete in avalon'
             }
 
-        or_subquery = []
-        for id in all_ids:
-            or_subquery.append({'_id': id})
-        delete_query = {'$or': or_subquery}
+        delete_query = {'_id': {'$in': all_ids}}
         self.db.delete_many(delete_query)
 
         return {
diff --git a/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset_byname.py b/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset_byname.py
index 4a3807f8f0..66350d5480 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset_byname.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/actions/action_delete_asset_byname.py
@@ -97,10 +97,7 @@ class AssetsRemover(BaseAction):
                 'message': 'None of assets'
             }
 
-        or_subquery = []
-        for id in all_ids:
-            or_subquery.append({'_id': id})
-        delete_query = {'$or': or_subquery}
+        delete_query = {'_id': {'$in': all_ids}}
         self.db.delete_many(delete_query)
 
         self.db.uninstall()
diff --git a/pype/lib.py b/pype/lib.py
index 6f6895085e..ef48fac29b 100644
--- a/pype/lib.py
+++ b/pype/lib.py
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ def get_subsets(asset_name,
         find_dict = {"type": "representation",
                      "parent": version_sel["_id"]}
 
-        filter_repr = {"$or": [{"name": repr} for repr in representations]}
+        filter_repr = {"name": {"$in": representations}}
 
         find_dict.update(filter_repr)
         repres_out = [i for i in io.find(find_dict)]