diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index c8b354d92ec79..c1a0b05f13a88 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ tasks.named("licenseHeaders").configure {
 
 tasks.named('splitPackagesAudit').configure {
     // Lucene packages should be owned by Lucene!
-  ignoreClasses 'org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.XQueryParser',
-    'org.apache.lucene.queries.BinaryDocValuesRangeQuery',
+  ignoreClasses 'org.apache.lucene.queries.BinaryDocValuesRangeQuery',
     'org.apache.lucene.queries.BlendedTermQuery',
     'org.apache.lucene.queries.SpanMatchNoDocsQuery',
     'org.apache.lucene.search.grouping.CollapseTopFieldDocs',
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/XQueryParser.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/XQueryParser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aa840bca89dc2..0000000000000
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/XQueryParser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-package org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic;
-
-import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
-import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
-
-/**
- * This class is just a workaround to make {@link QueryParser#handleBareFuzzy(String, Token, String)} accessible by sub-classes.
- * It is needed for {@link QueryParser}s that need to override the parsing of the slop in a fuzzy query (e.g. word<b>~2</b>, word<b>~</b>).
- *
- * TODO: We should maybe rewrite this with the flexible query parser which matches the same syntax with more freedom.
- */
-public class XQueryParser extends QueryParser {
-    public XQueryParser(String f, Analyzer a) {
-        super(f, a);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Query handleBareFuzzy(String field, Token fuzzySlop, String termImage) throws ParseException {
-        return super.handleBareFuzzy(field, fuzzySlop, termImage);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
index e4d1d52bd9939..4b5536cfb2b87 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/QueryStringQueryParser.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.queries.spans.SpanOrQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.queries.spans.SpanQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException;
+import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.QueryParser;
 import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.Token;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.XQueryParser;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.BoostAttribute;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.BoostQuery;
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.search.QueryParserHelper.resolveMappingFields;
 
 /**
- * A {@link XQueryParser} that uses the {@link MapperService} in order to build smarter
+ * A {@link QueryParser} that uses the {@link MapperService} in order to build smarter
  * queries based on the mapping information.
- * This class uses {@link MultiMatchQueryParser} to build the text query around operators and {@link XQueryParser}
+ * This class uses {@link MultiMatchQueryParser} to build the text query around operators and {@link QueryParser}
  * to assemble the result logically.
  */
-public class QueryStringQueryParser extends XQueryParser {
+public class QueryStringQueryParser extends QueryParser {
     private static final String EXISTS_FIELD = "_exists_";
 
     private final SearchExecutionContext context;
@@ -433,12 +433,11 @@ private Query getRangeQuerySingle(String field, String part1, String part2,
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Query handleBareFuzzy(String field, Token fuzzySlop, String termImage) throws ParseException {
-        if (fuzzySlop.image.length() == 1) {
-            return getFuzzyQuery(field, termImage, fuzziness.asDistance(termImage));
+    protected float getFuzzyDistance(Token fuzzyToken, String termStr) {
+        if (fuzzyToken.image.length() == 1) {
+            return fuzziness.asDistance(termStr);
         }
-        float distance = Fuzziness.fromString(fuzzySlop.image.substring(1)).asDistance(termImage);
-        return getFuzzyQuery(field, termImage, distance);
+        return Fuzziness.fromString(fuzzyToken.image.substring(1)).asDistance(termStr);
     }
 
     @Override