diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/packager/AbstractMETSIngester.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/packager/AbstractMETSIngester.java
index c10964a4a986..b602c17ca016 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/packager/AbstractMETSIngester.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/packager/AbstractMETSIngester.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMETSIngester extends AbstractPackageIngester {
             = DSpaceServicesFactory.getInstance().getConfigurationService();
 
 
-    protected AuthorizeService authorizeService = AuthorizeServiceFactory.getInstance().getAuthorizeService();
+    protected final AuthorizeService authorizeService = AuthorizeServiceFactory.getInstance().getAuthorizeService();
 
 
     /**
@@ -774,7 +774,14 @@ protected void addBitstreams(Context context, Item item,
             manifest.crosswalkBitstream(context, params, bitstream, mfileID,
                                         mdRefCallback);
 
-            authorizeService.addPolicies(context, bitstreamPolicies, bitstream);
+            // Only add the saved TYPE_SUBMISSION policies if the crosswalk actually removed them to prevent duplicates.
+            if (!bitstreamPolicies.isEmpty()) {
+                List<ResourcePolicy> remainingSubmissionPolicies =
+                    authorizeService.findPoliciesByDSOAndType(context, bitstream, ResourcePolicy.TYPE_SUBMISSION);
+                if (remainingSubmissionPolicies.isEmpty()) {
+                    authorizeService.addPolicies(context, bitstreamPolicies, bitstream);
+                }
+            }
 
             // is this the primary bitstream?
             if (primaryID != null && mfileID.equals(primaryID)) {
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/curate/CurationScriptIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/curate/CurationScriptIT.java
index 8c0744a09cce..2ba8af4623be 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/curate/CurationScriptIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/curate/CurationScriptIT.java
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ public void testURLRedirectCurateTest() throws Exception {
                 // MetadataValueLinkChecker uri field with regular link
                 .withMetadata("dc", "description", null, "https://google.com")
                 // MetadataValueLinkChecker uri field with redirect link
-                .withMetadata("dc", "description", "uri", "https://demo7.dspace.org/handle/123456789/1")
+                .withMetadata("dc", "description", "uri", "http://google.com")
                 // MetadataValueLinkChecker uri field with non resolving link
                 .withMetadata("dc", "description", "uri", "https://www.atmire.com/broken-link")
                 .withSubject("ExtraEntry")
@@ -690,8 +690,8 @@ public void testURLRedirectCurateTest() throws Exception {
 
         // field that should be ignored
         assertFalse(checkIfInfoTextLoggedByHandler(handler, "demo.dspace.org/home"));
-        // redirect links in field that should not be ignored (https) => expect OK
-        assertTrue(checkIfInfoTextLoggedByHandler(handler, "https://demo7.dspace.org/handle/123456789/1 = 200 - OK"));
+        // redirect links in field that should not be ignored => expect OK (even though curl responds with 301)
+        assertTrue(checkIfInfoTextLoggedByHandler(handler, "http://google.com = 200 - OK"));
         // regular link in field that should not be ignored (http) => expect OK
         assertTrue(checkIfInfoTextLoggedByHandler(handler, "https://google.com = 200 - OK"));
         // nonexistent link in field that should not be ignored => expect 404