diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 13b6ed7e3ff..14cd3ad3851 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ Upgrade Notes
   If a reporter configures the group="cluster" attribute then please also configure the
   class="org.apache.solr.metrics.reporters.solr.SolrClusterReporter" attribute.
 
+* SOLR-11254: the abstract DocTransformer class now has an abstract score-less transform method variant.
+
 New Features
 ----------------------
 
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ Other Changes
 
 * SOLR-11240: Raise UnInvertedField internal limit. (Toke Eskildsen)
 
+* SOLR-11254: Add score-less (abstract) DocTransformer.transform method. (Christine Poerschke)
+
 ==================  7.0.0 ==================
 
 Versions of Major Components
diff --git a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/response/transform/LTRFeatureLoggerTransformerFactory.java b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/response/transform/LTRFeatureLoggerTransformerFactory.java
index beb5ddf22ef..42d519ab1f9 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/response/transform/LTRFeatureLoggerTransformerFactory.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/ltr/src/java/org/apache/solr/ltr/response/transform/LTRFeatureLoggerTransformerFactory.java
@@ -255,13 +255,24 @@ public class LTRFeatureLoggerTransformerFactory extends TransformerFactory {
     @Override
     public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score)
         throws IOException {
+      implTransform(doc, docid, new Float(score));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid)
+        throws IOException {
+      implTransform(doc, docid, 0.0f);
+    }
+
+    private void implTransform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, Float score)
+        throws IOException {
       Object fv = featureLogger.getFeatureVector(docid, scoringQuery, searcher);
       if (fv == null) { // FV for this document was not in the cache
         fv = featureLogger.makeFeatureVector(
             LTRRescorer.extractFeaturesInfo(
                 modelWeight,
                 docid,
-                (docsWereNotReranked ? new Float(score) : null),
+                (docsWereNotReranked ? score : null),
                 leafContexts));
       }
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/RealTimeGetComponent.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/RealTimeGetComponent.java
index 85cb6f60dec..d60d268cc40 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/RealTimeGetComponent.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/RealTimeGetComponent.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class RealTimeGetComponent extends SearchComponent
                  throw new SolrException(ErrorCode.INVALID_STATE, "Expected ADD or UPDATE_INPLACE. Got: " + oper);
                }
                if (transformer!=null) {
-                 transformer.transform(doc, -1, 0); // unknown docID
+                 transformer.transform(doc, -1); // unknown docID
                }
               docList.add(doc);
               break;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class RealTimeGetComponent extends SearchComponent
            resultContext = new RTGResultContext(rsp.getReturnFields(), searcherInfo.getSearcher(), req);
            transformer.setContext(resultContext);
          }
-         transformer.transform(doc, docid, 0);
+         transformer.transform(doc, docid);
        }
        docList.add(doc);
      }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/DocsStreamer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/DocsStreamer.java
index 40e0afc7484..714964583ef 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/DocsStreamer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/DocsStreamer.java
@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ public class DocsStreamer implements Iterator<SolrDocument> {
     if (transformer != null) {
       boolean doScore = rctx.wantsScores();
       try {
-        transformer.transform(sdoc, id, doScore ? docIterator.score() : 0);
+        if (doScore) {
+          transformer.transform(sdoc, id, docIterator.score());
+        } else {
+          transformer.transform(sdoc, id);
+        }
       } catch (IOException e) {
         throw new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, "Error applying transformer", e);
       }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/BaseEditorialTransformer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/BaseEditorialTransformer.java
index bc5fb65d637..d646ee401c6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/BaseEditorialTransformer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/BaseEditorialTransformer.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public abstract class BaseEditorialTransformer extends DocTransformer {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
     //this only gets added if QueryElevationParams.MARK_EXCLUDED is true
     Set<String> ids = getIdSet();
     if (ids != null && ids.isEmpty() == false) {
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ChildDocTransformerFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ChildDocTransformerFactory.java
index ff7c0614f3d..5e7b3c33a5b 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ChildDocTransformerFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ChildDocTransformerFactory.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class ChildDocTransformer extends DocTransformer {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
 
     FieldType idFt = idField.getType();
     Object parentIdField = doc.getFirstValue(idField.getName());
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocIdAugmenterFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocIdAugmenterFactory.java
index e95ac1e379e..219ca5d83e7 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocIdAugmenterFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocIdAugmenterFactory.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DocIdAugmenter extends DocTransformer
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
     assert -1 <= docid;
     doc.setField( name, docid );
   }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformer.java
index 6111804ddbb..7665acd560f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformer.java
@@ -73,13 +73,29 @@ public abstract class DocTransformer {
    * If implementations require a valid docId and index access, the {@link #needsSolrIndexSearcher} 
    * method must return true
    *
+   * Default implementation calls {@link #transform(SolrDocument, int)}.
+   *
    * @param doc The document to alter
    * @param docid The Lucene internal doc id, or -1 in cases where the <code>doc</code> did not come from the index
    * @param score the score for this document
    * @throws IOException If there is a low-level I/O error.
    * @see #needsSolrIndexSearcher
    */
-  public abstract void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) throws IOException;
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) throws IOException {
+    transform(doc, docid);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This is where implementations do the actual work.
+   * If implementations require a valid docId and index access, the {@link #needsSolrIndexSearcher} 
+   * method must return true
+   *
+   * @param doc The document to alter
+   * @param docid The Lucene internal doc id, or -1 in cases where the <code>doc</code> did not come from the index
+   * @throws IOException If there is a low-level I/O error.
+   * @see #needsSolrIndexSearcher
+   */
+  public abstract void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * When a transformer needs access to fields that are not automatically derived from the
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformers.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformers.java
index 7bb53ff2182..68a0b9f79f5 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformers.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/DocTransformers.java
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ public class DocTransformers extends DocTransformer
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) throws IOException {
+    for( DocTransformer a : children ) {
+      a.transform( doc, docid);
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Returns true if and only if at least 1 child transformer returns true */
   @Override
   public boolean needsSolrIndexSearcher() {
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ExplainAugmenterFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ExplainAugmenterFactory.java
index f9e1ec68cc7..c35ebd552ef 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ExplainAugmenterFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ExplainAugmenterFactory.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ExplainAugmenterFactory extends TransformerFactory
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
       if( context != null && context.getQuery() != null ) {
         try {
           Explanation exp = context.getSearcher().explain(context.getQuery(), docid);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/GeoTransformerFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/GeoTransformerFactory.java
index df54a1a317d..0b50254e52f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/GeoTransformerFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/GeoTransformerFactory.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class GeoTransformerFactory extends TransformerFactory
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) throws IOException {
+        public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) throws IOException {
           int leafOrd = ReaderUtil.subIndex(docid, context.getSearcher().getTopReaderContext().leaves());
           LeafReaderContext ctx = context.getSearcher().getTopReaderContext().leaves().get(leafOrd);
           ShapeValues values = shapes.getValues(ctx);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class GeoTransformerFactory extends TransformerFactory
     return new DocTransformer() {
       
       @Override
-      public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) throws IOException {
+      public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) throws IOException {
         Object val = doc.remove(updater.field);
         if(val!=null) {
           updater.setValue(doc, val);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RawValueTransformerFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RawValueTransformerFactory.java
index 1b5a8a638c0..5ec54272d56 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RawValueTransformerFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RawValueTransformerFactory.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class RawValueTransformerFactory extends TransformerFactory
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
       Object val = doc.remove(field);
       if(val==null) {
         return;
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RenameFieldTransformer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RenameFieldTransformer.java
index d96a541815c..41ac54f31dc 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RenameFieldTransformer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/RenameFieldTransformer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class RenameFieldTransformer extends DocTransformer
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
     Object v = (copy)?doc.get(from) : doc.remove( from );
     if( v != null ) {
       doc.setField(to, v);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ScoreAugmenter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ScoreAugmenter.java
index 5a8205111e6..ef5550e8a69 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ScoreAugmenter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ScoreAugmenter.java
@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@ public class ScoreAugmenter extends DocTransformer {
         doc.setField( name, score );
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
+    transform(doc, docid, 0.0f);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/SubQueryAugmenterFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/SubQueryAugmenterFactory.java
index 2d36e75f2c9..ad27404e087 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/SubQueryAugmenterFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/SubQueryAugmenterFactory.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class SubQueryAugmenter extends DocTransformer {
   public boolean needsSolrIndexSearcher() { return false; }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
 
     final SolrParams docWithDeprefixed = SolrParams.wrapDefaults(
         new DocRowParams(doc, prefix, separator), baseSubParams);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueAugmenterFactory.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueAugmenterFactory.java
index e4edbdfdb7f..d85a302f507 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueAugmenterFactory.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueAugmenterFactory.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ValueAugmenter extends DocTransformer
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
     doc.setField( name, value );
   }
 }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueSourceAugmenter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueSourceAugmenter.java
index c37dd80bfbf..8fcf56fc511 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueSourceAugmenter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/transform/ValueSourceAugmenter.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ValueSourceAugmenter extends DocTransformer
   List<LeafReaderContext> readerContexts;
 
   @Override
-  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) {
+  public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) {
     // This is only good for random-access functions
 
     try {
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/TestCustomDocTransformer.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/TestCustomDocTransformer.java
index 5e1b13f55a0..ec263c422c1 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/TestCustomDocTransformer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/TestCustomDocTransformer.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class TestCustomDocTransformer extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
      * This transformer simply concatenates the values of multiple fields
      */
     @Override
-    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid, float score) throws IOException {
+    public void transform(SolrDocument doc, int docid) throws IOException {
       str.setLength(0);
       for(String s : extra) {
         String v = getAsString(s, doc);