diff --git a/exchanges/persisted-fetch/src/persistedFetchExchange.ts b/exchanges/persisted-fetch/src/persistedFetchExchange.ts
index e38f49bb51..b6d3449d3c 100644
--- a/exchanges/persisted-fetch/src/persistedFetchExchange.ts
+++ b/exchanges/persisted-fetch/src/persistedFetchExchange.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import {
   takeUntil,
 } from 'wonka';
 
-import {
-  makeOperation,
+import type {
   CombinedError,
   ExchangeInput,
   Exchange,
@@ -154,27 +153,24 @@ const makePersistedFetchSource = (
   dispatchDebug: ExchangeInput['dispatchDebug'],
   useGet: boolean
 ): Source<OperationResult> => {
-  const newOperation = makeOperation(operation.kind, operation, {
-    ...operation.context,
-    preferGetMethod: useGet ? 'force' : operation.context.preferGetMethod,
-  });
+  if (useGet) operation.context.preferGetMethod = 'force';
 
-  const url = makeFetchURL(newOperation, body);
-  const fetchOptions = makeFetchOptions(newOperation, body);
+  const url = makeFetchURL(operation, body);
+  const fetchOptions = makeFetchOptions(operation, body);
 
   dispatchDebug({
     type: 'fetchRequest',
     message: !body.query
       ? 'A fetch request for a persisted query is being executed.'
       : 'A fetch request is being executed.',
-    operation: newOperation,
+    operation,
     data: {
       url,
       fetchOptions,
     },
   });
 
-  let fetch$ = makeFetchSource(newOperation, url, fetchOptions);
+  let fetch$ = makeFetchSource(operation, url, fetchOptions);
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
     fetch$ = pipe(