diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
index f5dbb250805..9dfee553b55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/QueryStringQueryParser.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.index.query;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParsingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.Fuzziness;
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class QueryStringQueryParser implements QueryParser {
 
-    private static final ParseField FUZZINESS = Fuzziness.FIELD.withDeprecation("fuzzy_min_sim");
-
     @Override
     public String[] names() {
         return new String[]{QueryStringQueryBuilder.NAME, Strings.toCamelCase(QueryStringQueryBuilder.NAME)};
@@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ public class QueryStringQueryParser implements QueryParser {
                     fuzzyRewrite = parser.textOrNull();
                 } else if ("phrase_slop".equals(currentFieldName) || "phraseSlop".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     phraseSlop = parser.intValue();
-                } else if (parseContext.parseFieldMatcher().match(currentFieldName, FUZZINESS)) {
+                } else if (parseContext.parseFieldMatcher().match(currentFieldName, Fuzziness.FIELD)) {
                     fuzziness = Fuzziness.parse(parser);
                 } else if ("boost".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     boost = parser.floatValue();