PropertyHive elementor query with on-the-maket check but no ordering enforced

gist.php

add_action( 'elementor/query/allonmarketpropertyquerynoordering ', 'query_but_no_ordering', 99 );
function query_but_no_ordering( $query )
{
    PH()->query->property_query( $query );

    // Set the custom post type 
    $query->set( 'post_type', [ 'property' ] );

    // ensure a department is set as not set by default from property_query
    $meta_query = $query->get('meta_query');

    $new_meta_query = $meta_query;
    $department_found = false;
    foreach ( $meta_query as $key => $value )
    {
        if ( isset($value['key']) && $value['key'] == '_department' )
        {
            
        }
        else
        {
            $new_meta_query[] = $meta_query;
        }
    }

    $query->set( 'meta_query', $new_meta_query );
}