diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/csv.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/csv.rs
index f9e170c59..47376d78f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/csv.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/csv.rs
@@ -324,26 +324,22 @@ pub(super) fn dataset_import(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     let names: Vec<String> = parsed.iter().map(|d| d.name.clone()).collect();
     let new_variables: Vec<String> = defined.iter().map(|v| v.name.clone()).collect();
-    let mut vars = s.doc()?.doc.variables.clone();
-    vars.variables.extend(defined);
-    let (mut imported, mut updated) = (0usize, 0usize);
-    for row in parsed {
-        if let Some(existing) = vars.datasets.iter_mut().find(|x| x.name == row.name) {
-            *existing = row;
-            updated += 1;
-        } else {
-            vars.datasets.push(row);
-            imported += 1;
-        }
-    }
     // The import is one undo step, and an import that leaves the variables and data sets as they
     // were adds none.
-    if vars != s.doc()?.doc.variables {
-        s.edit("Import Data Sets", |d, _| {
-            d.variables = vars;
-            Ok(())
-        })?;
-    }
+    let (imported, updated) = super::edit_variables(s, "Import Data Sets", |vars| {
+        vars.variables.extend(defined);
+        let (mut imported, mut updated) = (0usize, 0usize);
+        for row in parsed {
+            if let Some(existing) = vars.datasets.iter_mut().find(|x| x.name == row.name) {
+                *existing = row;
+                updated += 1;
+            } else {
+                vars.datasets.push(row);
+                imported += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok((imported, updated))
+    })?;
     Ok(json!({"imported": imported, "updated": updated, "names": names, "defined": new_variables}))
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/library.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/library.rs
index cdd2ba4d0..7e57b2375 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/library.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/variablecmds/library.rs
@@ -269,18 +269,14 @@ pub(super) fn load_library(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     let added: Vec<Variable> = lib.text.iter().map(|n| Variable { name: n.clone(), kind: VariableKind::Text }).collect();
     let names: Vec<String> = lib.datasets.iter().map(|d| d.name.clone()).collect();
-    let mut vars = s.doc()?.doc.variables.clone();
-    vars.prune(&deleted);
-    vars.variables.extend(added);
-    vars.datasets = lib.datasets;
-    vars.active_dataset = None;
     // A load that leaves the variables and data sets as they were adds no undo step.
-    if vars != s.doc()?.doc.variables {
-        s.edit("Load Variable Library", |d, _| {
-            d.variables = vars;
-            Ok(())
-        })?;
-    }
+    super::edit_variables(s, "Load Variable Library", |vars| {
+        vars.prune(&deleted);
+        vars.variables.extend(added);
+        vars.datasets = lib.datasets;
+        vars.active_dataset = None;
+        Ok(())
+    })?;
     // A highlight of a variable that is gone highlights nothing.
     let st = s.doc_mut()?;
     st.drop_stale_variables_highlight();