diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
index 42ab9ae362509..58ab24f271302 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery.RecoveryState;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.IndexStorePlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -495,8 +494,7 @@ public IndexService newIndexService(
         IdFieldMapper idFieldMapper,
         ValuesSourceRegistry valuesSourceRegistry,
         IndexStorePlugin.IndexFoldersDeletionListener indexFoldersDeletionListener,
-        Map<String, IndexStorePlugin.SnapshotCommitSupplier> snapshotCommitSuppliers,
-        QueryRewriteInterceptor queryRewriteInterceptor
+        Map<String, IndexStorePlugin.SnapshotCommitSupplier> snapshotCommitSuppliers
     ) throws IOException {
         final IndexEventListener eventListener = freeze();
         Function<IndexService, CheckedFunction<DirectoryReader, DirectoryReader, IOException>> readerWrapperFactory = indexReaderWrapper
@@ -560,7 +558,6 @@ public IndexService newIndexService(
                 snapshotCommitSupplier,
                 indexCommitListener.get(),
                 mapperMetrics,
-                queryRewriteInterceptor,
                 indexingStatsSettings,
                 searchStatsSettings,
                 mergeMetrics
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexService.java
index 9af701fa81642..a2326aff0a330 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexService.java
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery.RecoveryState;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.IndexStorePlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.QueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ public class IndexService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements IndicesClust
     private final Supplier<Sort> indexSortSupplier;
     private final ValuesSourceRegistry valuesSourceRegistry;
     private final MapperMetrics mapperMetrics;
-    private final QueryRewriteInterceptor queryRewriteInterceptor;
     private final IndexingStatsSettings indexingStatsSettings;
     private final SearchStatsSettings searchStatsSettings;
     private final MergeMetrics mergeMetrics;
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ public IndexService(
         IndexStorePlugin.SnapshotCommitSupplier snapshotCommitSupplier,
         Engine.IndexCommitListener indexCommitListener,
         MapperMetrics mapperMetrics,
-        QueryRewriteInterceptor queryRewriteInterceptor,
         IndexingStatsSettings indexingStatsSettings,
         SearchStatsSettings searchStatsSettings,
         MergeMetrics mergeMetrics
@@ -290,7 +287,6 @@ public IndexService(
         this.indexingOperationListeners = Collections.unmodifiableList(indexingOperationListeners);
         this.indexCommitListener = indexCommitListener;
         this.mapperMetrics = mapperMetrics;
-        this.queryRewriteInterceptor = queryRewriteInterceptor;
         try (var ignored = threadPool.getThreadContext().clearTraceContext()) {
             // kick off async ops for the first shard in this index
             this.refreshTask = new AsyncRefreshTask(this);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
index 551217aeb7bea..99c91a6219119 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesService.java
@@ -834,8 +834,7 @@ private synchronized IndexService createIndexService(
             idFieldMappers.apply(idxSettings.getMode()),
             valuesSourceRegistry,
             indexFoldersDeletionListeners,
-            snapshotCommitSuppliers,
-            queryRewriteInterceptor
+            snapshotCommitSuppliers
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModuleTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModuleTests.java
index 088c748bde5f6..145e2abbc1902 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModuleTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModuleTests.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.fielddata.cache.IndicesFieldDataCache;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery.RecoveryState;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.IndexStorePlugin;
-import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.rewriter.MockQueryRewriteInterceptor;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.ReaderContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ClusterServiceUtils;
@@ -245,8 +244,7 @@ private IndexService newIndexService(IndexModule module) throws IOException {
             module.indexSettings().getMode().idFieldMapperWithoutFieldData(),
             null,
             indexDeletionListener,
-            emptyMap(),
-            new MockQueryRewriteInterceptor()
+            emptyMap()
         );
     }