Performing the following (note the range of 10,000):

`importmulti '[{"desc": "sh(wpkh([aeee1e6a/49h/1h/0h]tpubDC5bVdaveQYxGFztMShFAjU637kKjrs9FD8ne1oHR7z8tLeQJExsaxWRVeSpcCcYMdp5ecf2LQhuVaeYFZ7YEpvWTJr4nDGUJrmuvLuTSsp/1/*))", "keypool": true, "timestamp": "now", "watchonly": true, "internal": true, "range": {"end": 1000}}]' '{"rescan": false}'`

takes many minutes. @achow101 reports a similar import taking 6 minutes on his machine.
RPCResults{},
                RPCExamples{
                    HelpExampleCli("removeprunedfunds", "\"a8d0c0184dde994a09ec054286f1ce581bebf46446a512166eae7628734ea0a5\"") +
            "\nAs a JSON-RPC call\n"
            + HelpExampleRpc("removeprunedfunds", "\"a8d0c0184dde994a09ec054286f1ce581bebf46446a512166eae7628734ea0a5\"")
                },
            }.ToString());
    auto locked_chain = pwallet->chain().lock();
    LOCK(pwallet->cs_wallet);
    uint256 hash(ParseHashV(request.params[0], "txid"));
    std::vector<uint256> vHash;
    vHash.push_back(hash);
    std::vector<uint256> vHashOut;
    if (pwallet->ZapSelectTx(vHash, vHashOut) != DBErrors::LOAD_OK) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Could not properly delete the transaction.");
    }
    if(vHashOut.empty()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Transaction does not exist in wallet.");
    }
    return NullUniValue;
}
UniValue importpubkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
{
    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const wallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
    CWallet* const pwallet = wallet.get();
    if (!EnsureWalletIsAvailable(pwallet, request.fHelp)) {
        return NullUniValue;
    }
    if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 3)
        throw std::runtime_error(