diff --git a/backend/danswer/db/search_settings.py b/backend/danswer/db/search_settings.py
index d34ef22b7ca..23729841b28 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/db/search_settings.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/db/search_settings.py
@@ -31,44 +31,11 @@
 logger = setup_logger()
 
 
-def create_or_fetch_search_settings(
+def create_search_settings(
     search_settings: SavedSearchSettings,
     db_session: Session,
     status: IndexModelStatus = IndexModelStatus.FUTURE,
 ) -> SearchSettings:
-    # Check if a SearchSettings instance with the same model_name and provider_type already exists
-    existing_settings = (
-        db_session.query(SearchSettings)
-        .filter(
-            SearchSettings.model_name == search_settings.model_name,
-            SearchSettings.provider_type == search_settings.provider_type,
-        )
-        .first()
-    )
-
-    if existing_settings:
-        # Update all values of the existing settings manually
-        existing_settings.model_dim = search_settings.model_dim
-        existing_settings.normalize = search_settings.normalize
-        existing_settings.query_prefix = search_settings.query_prefix
-        existing_settings.passage_prefix = search_settings.passage_prefix
-        existing_settings.status = status
-        existing_settings.index_name = search_settings.index_name
-        existing_settings.multipass_indexing = search_settings.multipass_indexing
-        existing_settings.multilingual_expansion = (
-            search_settings.multilingual_expansion
-        )
-        existing_settings.disable_rerank_for_streaming = (
-            search_settings.disable_rerank_for_streaming
-        )
-        existing_settings.rerank_model_name = search_settings.rerank_model_name
-        existing_settings.rerank_provider_type = search_settings.rerank_provider_type
-        existing_settings.rerank_api_key = search_settings.rerank_api_key
-        existing_settings.num_rerank = search_settings.num_rerank
-
-        db_session.commit()
-        return existing_settings
-
     embedding_model = SearchSettings(
         model_name=search_settings.model_name,
         model_dim=search_settings.model_dim,
diff --git a/backend/danswer/server/manage/search_settings.py b/backend/danswer/server/manage/search_settings.py
index b5152fb0cc7..c8433467f6c 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/server/manage/search_settings.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/server/manage/search_settings.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from danswer.db.index_attempt import expire_index_attempts
 from danswer.db.models import IndexModelStatus
 from danswer.db.models import User
-from danswer.db.search_settings import create_or_fetch_search_settings
+from danswer.db.search_settings import create_search_settings
 from danswer.db.search_settings import delete_search_settings
 from danswer.db.search_settings import get_current_search_settings
 from danswer.db.search_settings import get_embedding_provider_from_provider_type
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def set_new_search_settings(
             db_session=db_session,
         )
 
-    new_search_settings = create_or_fetch_search_settings(
+    new_search_settings = create_search_settings(
         search_settings=new_search_settings_request, db_session=db_session
     )