diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/fetch/get_search_params.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/fetch/get_search_params.ts
index de9ec4cb920e8..ec97cb6b7ee45 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/fetch/get_search_params.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/fetch/get_search_params.ts
@@ -29,14 +29,10 @@ export function getMSearchParams(config: IUiSettingsClient) {
   };
 }
 
-export function getSearchParams(config: IUiSettingsClient, esShardTimeout: number = 0) {
+export function getSearchParams(config: IUiSettingsClient) {
   return {
-    rest_total_hits_as_int: true,
-    ignore_unavailable: true,
     ignore_throttled: getIgnoreThrottled(config),
     max_concurrent_shard_requests: getMaxConcurrentShardRequests(config),
-    preference: getPreference(config),
-    timeout: getTimeout(esShardTimeout),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/search_strategy/default_search_strategy.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/search_strategy/default_search_strategy.ts
index a83bd93a02796..b5973c28f12eb 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/search_strategy/default_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/data/public/search/search_strategy/default_search_strategy.ts
@@ -65,14 +65,9 @@ function msearch({ searchRequests, es, config, esShardTimeout }: SearchStrategyS
   };
 }
 
-function search({
-  searchRequests,
-  searchService,
-  config,
-  esShardTimeout,
-}: SearchStrategySearchParams) {
+function search({ searchRequests, searchService, config }: SearchStrategySearchParams) {
   const abortController = new AbortController();
-  const searchParams = getSearchParams(config, esShardTimeout);
+  const searchParams = getSearchParams(config);
   const promises = searchRequests.map(({ index, body }) => {
     const params = {
       index: index.title || index,