1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/fs4/GetDocSumsPacket.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/fs4/GetDocSumsPacket.java
index b5476ed6ba3..5ee775a7ed3 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/fs4/GetDocSumsPacket.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/fs4/GetDocSumsPacket.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GetDocSumsPacket extends Packet {
      * definition of enum getdocsums_flags
      */
     public static final int GDFLAG_IGNORE_ROW  = 0x00000001;
-    public static final int GDFLAG_ALLOW_SLIME = 0x00000002;
+    public static final int GDFLAG_ALLOW_SLIME = 0x00000002; // now always assumed true; remove in Vespa 7
 
     public void encodeBody(ByteBuffer buffer) {
         setFieldsFromHits();
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ public class GetDocSumsPacket extends Packet {
             query.getRanking().getProperties().put(sessionIdKey, query.getSessionId(false).asUtf8String().toString());
         }
 
-        // always allow slime docsums
-        flags |= GDFLAG_ALLOW_SLIME;
-
         // set the default features
         long features = GDF_MLD;
         if (sendQuery)