diff --git a/src/Controllers/ElementalAreaController.php b/src/Controllers/ElementalAreaController.php
index db7a7886..899a8ca5 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/ElementalAreaController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/ElementalAreaController.php
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ public function getElementForm(): Form
     }
 
     /**
-     * Arrive here from FormRequestHandler::httpSubmission() during a POST request to
-     * /admin/linkfield/linkForm/<LinkID>
+     * Arrive here from FormRequestHandler::httpSubmission() during a POST request.
      * The 'save' method is called because it is the FormAction set on the Form
      */
     public function save(array $data, Form $form): HTTPResponse
@@ -331,11 +330,15 @@ public function save(array $data, Form $form): HTTPResponse
             $this->jsonError(403);
         }
 
-        // Remove the namespace prefixes that were added by EditFormFactory
-        $dataWithoutNamespaces = static::removeNamespacesFromFields($data, $element->ID);
+        // Remove the namespace prefixes
+        $factory = Injector::inst()->get(EditFormFactory::class);
+        $factory->removeNamespaceFromFields($form->Fields(), ['Record' => $element]);
+        // Update the record
+        $form->saveInto($element);
+        // Add the namespace prefixes back - this is necessary for the response to be handled correctly
+        $factory->namespaceFields($form->Fields(), ['Record' => $element]);
 
-        // Update and write the data object which will trigger model validation
-        $element->updateFromFormData($dataWithoutNamespaces);
+        // Write the data object which will trigger model validation
         if ($element->isChanged()) {
             try {
                 $element->write();
@@ -352,29 +355,6 @@ public function save(array $data, Form $form): HTTPResponse
         return $response;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Remove the pseudo namespaces that were added to form fields by the form factory
-     *
-     * @param array $data
-     * @param int $elementID
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public static function removeNamespacesFromFields(array $data, $elementID)
-    {
-        $output = [];
-        $template = sprintf(EditFormFactory::FIELD_NAMESPACE_TEMPLATE, $elementID, '');
-        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
-            // Only look at fields that match the namespace template
-            if (substr($key ?? '', 0, strlen($template ?? '')) !== $template) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $fieldName = substr($key ?? '', strlen($template ?? ''));
-            $output[$fieldName] = $value;
-        }
-        return $output;
-    }
-
     private function reorderElements(BaseElement $element, int $afterElementID): void
     {
         if ($afterElementID < 0) {
diff --git a/src/Forms/EditFormFactory.php b/src/Forms/EditFormFactory.php
index 319595b0..8455d94b 100644
--- a/src/Forms/EditFormFactory.php
+++ b/src/Forms/EditFormFactory.php
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ protected function getFormValidator(RequestHandler $controller = null, $name, $c
     /**
      * Given a {@link FieldList}, give all fields a unique name so they can be used in the same context as
      * other elemental edit forms and the page (or other DataObject) that owns them.
-     *
-     * @param FieldList $fields
-     * @param array $context
      */
-    protected function namespaceFields(FieldList $fields, array $context)
+    public function namespaceFields(FieldList $fields, array $context): void
     {
         $elementID = $context['Record']->ID;
 
@@ -103,4 +100,22 @@ protected function namespaceFields(FieldList $fields, array $context)
             $field->setName($namespacedName);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the pseudo namespaces that were added in namespaceFields()
+     */
+    public function removeNamespaceFromFields(FieldList $fields, array $context): void
+    {
+        $elementID = $context['Record']->ID;
+        $template = sprintf(EditFormFactory::FIELD_NAMESPACE_TEMPLATE, $elementID, '');
+
+        foreach ($fields->dataFields() as $namespacedName => $field) {
+            // Only look at fields that match the namespace template
+            if (substr($namespacedName, 0, strlen($template)) !== $template) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $newName = substr($namespacedName, strlen($template));
+            $field->setName($newName);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/BaseElement.php b/src/Models/BaseElement.php
index b2e59996..dc1adccf 100644
--- a/src/Models/BaseElement.php
+++ b/src/Models/BaseElement.php
@@ -646,27 +646,6 @@ public function getRenderTemplates($suffix = '')
         return $templateFlat;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Given form data (wit
-     *
-     * @param $data
-     */
-    public function updateFromFormData($data)
-    {
-        $cmsFields = $this->getCMSFields();
-
-        foreach ($data as $field => $datum) {
-            $field = $cmsFields->dataFieldByName($field);
-
-            if (!$field) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $field->setSubmittedValue($datum);
-            $field->saveInto($this);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Strip all namespaces from class namespace.
      *