diff --git a/lucene/src/test-framework/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java b/lucene/src/test-framework/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java
index 4b15bf4ad35..4823af55520 100644
--- a/lucene/src/test-framework/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java
+++ b/lucene/src/test-framework/org/apache/lucene/search/QueryUtils.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class QueryUtils {
           emptyReaders[0],
           0 < edge ? r : emptyReaders[0])
     };
-    IndexSearcher out = LuceneTestCase.newSearcher(new MultiReader(readers), false);
+    IndexSearcher out = LuceneTestCase.newSearcher(new MultiReader(readers));
     out.setSimilarityProvider(s.getSimilarityProvider());
     return out;
   }