diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/AbstractFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/AbstractFieldMapper.java
index 64266f161609c..4ba653e15deab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/AbstractFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/core/AbstractFieldMapper.java
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ protected T indexName(String indexName) {
 
         protected T indexAnalyzer(NamedAnalyzer indexAnalyzer) {
             this.indexAnalyzer = indexAnalyzer;
-            if (this.searchAnalyzer == null) {
-                this.searchAnalyzer = indexAnalyzer;
-            }
             return builder;
         }