diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
index b427e4f026e..6d25fda6abf 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/MachineLearning.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class MachineLearning implements ActionPlugin {
 
         Auditor auditor = new Auditor(internalClient, clusterService);
         UpdateJobProcessNotifier notifier = new UpdateJobProcessNotifier(settings, internalClient, clusterService, threadPool);
-        JobManager jobManager = new JobManager(settings, jobProvider, jobResultsPersister, clusterService, auditor, internalClient, notifier);
+        JobManager jobManager = new JobManager(settings, jobProvider, clusterService, auditor, internalClient, notifier);
         AutodetectProcessFactory autodetectProcessFactory;
         NormalizerProcessFactory normalizerProcessFactory;
         if (AUTODETECT_PROCESS.get(settings)) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
index 13a0333b12f..bfe9b1e141b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.AckedClusterStateUpdateTask;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterChangedEvent;
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.CheckedConsumer;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.MlMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.DeleteJobAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.action.PutJobAction;
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.Job;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.config.JobUpdate;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.messages.Messages;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.AnomalyDetectorsIndex;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobProvider;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobResultsPersister;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.job.persistence.JobStorageDeletionTask;
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.notifications.Auditor;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.utils.ExceptionsHelper;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -56,7 +62,6 @@ public class JobManager extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final JobProvider jobProvider;
     private final ClusterService clusterService;
-    private final JobResultsPersister jobResultsPersister;
     private final Auditor auditor;
     private final Client client;
     private final UpdateJobProcessNotifier updateJobProcessNotifier;
@@ -64,13 +69,11 @@ public class JobManager extends AbstractComponent {
     /**
      * Create a JobManager
      */
-    public JobManager(Settings settings, JobProvider jobProvider, JobResultsPersister jobResultsPersister,
-                      ClusterService clusterService, Auditor auditor, Client client,
+    public JobManager(Settings settings, JobProvider jobProvider, ClusterService clusterService, Auditor auditor, Client client,
                       UpdateJobProcessNotifier updateJobProcessNotifier) {
         super(settings);
         this.jobProvider = Objects.requireNonNull(jobProvider);
         this.clusterService = Objects.requireNonNull(clusterService);
-        this.jobResultsPersister = Objects.requireNonNull(jobResultsPersister);
         this.auditor = Objects.requireNonNull(auditor);
         this.client = Objects.requireNonNull(client);
         this.updateJobProcessNotifier = updateJobProcessNotifier;
@@ -376,7 +379,15 @@ public class JobManager extends AbstractComponent {
      * @param modelSnapshot         the updated model snapshot object to be stored
      */
     public void updateModelSnapshot(ModelSnapshot modelSnapshot, Consumer<Boolean> handler, Consumer<Exception> errorHandler) {
-        jobResultsPersister.updateModelSnapshot(modelSnapshot, handler, errorHandler);
+        String index = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelSnapshot.getJobId());
+        IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index, ModelSnapshot.TYPE.getPreferredName(), ModelSnapshot.documentId(modelSnapshot));
+        try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
+            modelSnapshot.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+            indexRequest.source(builder);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            errorHandler.accept(e);
+        }
+        client.index(indexRequest, ActionListener.wrap(r -> handler.accept(true), errorHandler));
     }
 
     private static MlMetadata.Builder createMlMetadataBuilder(ClusterState currentState) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
index 13413000774..0d1924c38d1 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
@@ -231,14 +231,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
     public void persistQuantiles(Quantiles quantiles) {
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(quantiles.getJobId(), quantiles, Quantiles.TYPE.getPreferredName(),
                 Quantiles.documentId(quantiles.getJobId()));
-        if (persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobStateIndexName())) {
-            // Refresh the index when persisting quantiles so that previously
-            // persisted results will be available for searching.  Do this using the
-            // indices API rather than the index API (used to write the quantiles
-            // above), because this will refresh all shards rather than just the
-            // shard that the quantiles document itself was written to.
-            commitStateWrites(quantiles.getJobId());
-        }
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobStateIndexName());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -250,17 +243,6 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
         persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelSnapshot.getJobId()));
     }
 
-    public void updateModelSnapshot(ModelSnapshot modelSnapshot, Consumer<Boolean> handler, Consumer<Exception> errorHandler) {
-        String index = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelSnapshot.getJobId());
-        IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index, ModelSnapshot.TYPE.getPreferredName(), ModelSnapshot.documentId(modelSnapshot));
-        try {
-            indexRequest.source(toXContentBuilder(modelSnapshot));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            errorHandler.accept(e);
-        }
-        client.index(indexRequest, ActionListener.wrap(r -> handler.accept(true), errorHandler));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Persist the memory usage data
      */
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManagerTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManagerTests.java
index 2dd68013dfb..a351ff82393 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManagerTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManagerTests.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class JobManagerTests extends ESTestCase {
         JobResultsPersister jobResultsPersister = mock(JobResultsPersister.class);
         Client client = mock(Client.class);
         UpdateJobProcessNotifier notifier = mock(UpdateJobProcessNotifier.class);
-        return new JobManager(settings, jobProvider, jobResultsPersister, clusterService, auditor, client, notifier);
+        return new JobManager(settings, jobProvider, clusterService, auditor, client, notifier);
     }
 
     private ClusterState createClusterState() {