diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/controller/ControllerFacade.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/controller/ControllerFacade.java
index 88ce4e06f0..527a994a61 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/controller/ControllerFacade.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/controller/ControllerFacade.java
@@ -918,6 +918,12 @@ public class ControllerFacade implements Authorizable {
         final List<ProvenanceSearchableFieldDTO> searchableFieldNames = new ArrayList<>();
         final List<SearchableField> fields = provenanceRepository.getSearchableFields();
         for (final SearchableField field : fields) {
+            // we exclude the Event Time because it is always searchable but don't want support querying it this way...
+            // we prefer the user queries using startDate and endDate
+            if (SearchableFields.EventTime.equals(field)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             final ProvenanceSearchableFieldDTO searchableField = new ProvenanceSearchableFieldDTO();
             searchableField.setId(field.getIdentifier());
             searchableField.setField(field.getSearchableFieldName());
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-provenance-repository-bundle/nifi-persistent-provenance-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/provenance/PersistentProvenanceRepository.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-provenance-repository-bundle/nifi-persistent-provenance-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/provenance/PersistentProvenanceRepository.java
index ed183f9c5b..efe6140dee 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-provenance-repository-bundle/nifi-persistent-provenance-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/provenance/PersistentProvenanceRepository.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-provenance-repository-bundle/nifi-persistent-provenance-repository/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/provenance/PersistentProvenanceRepository.java
@@ -16,50 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.nifi.provenance;
 
-import java.io.EOFException;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileFilter;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FilenameFilter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.SortedMap;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.DirectoryReader;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexNotFoundException;
@@ -123,6 +79,50 @@ import org.apache.nifi.web.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 public class PersistentProvenanceRepository implements ProvenanceRepository {
 
     public static final String EVENT_CATEGORY = "Provenance Repository";
@@ -1923,11 +1923,7 @@ public class PersistentProvenanceRepository implements ProvenanceRepository {
 
     @Override
     public List<SearchableField> getSearchableFields() {
-        final List<SearchableField> searchableFields = new ArrayList<>(configuration.getSearchableFields());
-        // we exclude the Event Time because it is always searchable and is a bit special in its handling
-        // because it dictates in some cases which index files we look at
-        searchableFields.remove(SearchableFields.EventTime);
-        return searchableFields;
+        return new ArrayList<>(configuration.getSearchableFields());
     }
 
     @Override