diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponent.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponent.java
index ee4736ef276..235c3e08333 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponent.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponent.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.params.QueryElevationParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.StrUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.schema.IndexSchema;
+import org.apache.solr.search.QueryParsing;
 import org.apache.solr.search.grouping.GroupingSpecification;
 import org.apache.solr.util.DOMUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
@@ -388,7 +389,8 @@ public class QueryElevationComponent extends SearchComponent implements SolrCore
     String exStr = params.get(QueryElevationParams.EXCLUDE);
 
     Query query = rb.getQuery();
-    String qstr = QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams(rb.getQueryString());
+    SolrParams localParams = rb.getQparser().getLocalParams();
+    String qstr = localParams == null ? rb.getQueryString() : localParams.get(QueryParsing.V);
     if (query == null || qstr == null) {
       return;
     }
@@ -490,19 +492,6 @@ public class QueryElevationComponent extends SearchComponent implements SolrCore
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Simple stripping of localParam at start of query
-   * @param queryString the raw query string
-   * @return the query string without localParams, or the original queryString if no valid localParam found at beginning of string
-   */
-  protected static String stripLocalParams(String queryString) {
-    if (queryString == null || !queryString.startsWith("{!") || queryString.indexOf("}") == -1) {
-      return queryString;
-    }
-
-    return queryString.substring(queryString.indexOf("}")+1);
-  }
-
   private Sort modifySort(SortField[] current, boolean force, ElevationComparatorSource comparator) {
     SortSpec tmp = new SortSpec(new Sort(current), Arrays.asList(new SchemaField[current.length]));
     tmp = modifySortSpec(tmp, force, comparator);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponentTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponentTest.java
index 0f4905ad923..27bdd665f27 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponentTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/handler/component/QueryElevationComponentTest.java
@@ -728,13 +728,6 @@ public class QueryElevationComponentTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
 
   @Test
   public void testWithLocalParam() throws Exception {
-    assertEquals("foo", QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams("foo"));
-    assertEquals("foo", QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams("{!param=value}foo"));
-    assertEquals("", QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams("{!param=value}"));
-    assertEquals("{!notTerminated", QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams("{!notTerminated"));
-    assertEquals("{notLocalParam}foo", QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams("{notLocalParam}foo"));
-    assertEquals(null, QueryElevationComponent.stripLocalParams(null));
-
     try {
       init("schema11.xml");
       clearIndex();
@@ -742,12 +735,24 @@ public class QueryElevationComponentTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
       assertU(adoc("id", "7", "text", "AAAA", "str_s", "a"));
       assertU(commit());
 
+      assertQ("", req(CommonParams.Q, "AAAA", CommonParams.QT, "/elevate",
+          CommonParams.FL, "id, score, [elevated]")
+          , "//*[@numFound='1']"
+          , "//result/doc[1]/float[@name='id'][.='7.0']"
+          , "//result/doc[1]/bool[@name='[elevated]'][.='true']"
+      );
       assertQ("", req(CommonParams.Q, "{!q.op=AND}AAAA", CommonParams.QT, "/elevate",
           CommonParams.FL, "id, score, [elevated]")
           , "//*[@numFound='1']"
           , "//result/doc[1]/float[@name='id'][.='7.0']"
           , "//result/doc[1]/bool[@name='[elevated]'][.='true']"
       );
+      assertQ("", req(CommonParams.Q, "{!q.op=AND v='AAAA'}", CommonParams.QT, "/elevate",
+          CommonParams.FL, "id, score, [elevated]")
+          , "//*[@numFound='1']"
+          , "//result/doc[1]/float[@name='id'][.='7.0']"
+          , "//result/doc[1]/bool[@name='[elevated]'][.='true']"
+      );
     } finally {
       delete();
     }