2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/Dispatcher.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/Dispatcher.java
index af34fc3e106..7369b33e82d 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/Dispatcher.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/Dispatcher.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class Dispatcher extends AbstractComponent {
                                     VipStatus vipStatus,
                                     Metric metric) {
         var searchCluster = new SearchCluster(clusterId, dispatchConfig, containerClusterSize, vipStatus);
-        var rpcFactory = new RpcInvokerFactory(new RpcResourcePool(dispatchConfig), searchCluster, !dispatchConfig.useFdispatchByDefault());
+        var rpcFactory = new RpcInvokerFactory(new RpcResourcePool(dispatchConfig), searchCluster);
 
         return new Dispatcher(searchCluster, dispatchConfig, rpcFactory, rpcFactory, metric);
     }
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/RpcInvokerFactory.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/RpcInvokerFactory.java
index d9a76965c3e..242ba5eb818 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/RpcInvokerFactory.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/rpc/RpcInvokerFactory.java
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ public class RpcInvokerFactory extends InvokerFactory implements PingFactory {
     private final static CompoundName dispatchSummaries = new CompoundName("dispatch.summaries");
 
     private final RpcResourcePool rpcResourcePool;
-    private final boolean dispatchWithProtobuf;
 
-    public RpcInvokerFactory(RpcResourcePool rpcResourcePool, SearchCluster searchCluster, boolean dispatchWithProtobuf) {
+    public RpcInvokerFactory(RpcResourcePool rpcResourcePool, SearchCluster searchCluster) {
         super(searchCluster);
         this.rpcResourcePool = rpcResourcePool;
-        this.dispatchWithProtobuf = dispatchWithProtobuf;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ public class RpcInvokerFactory extends InvokerFactory implements PingFactory {
         Query query = result.getQuery();
 
         boolean summaryNeedsQuery = searcher.summaryNeedsQuery(query);
-        boolean useProtoBuf = query.properties().getBoolean(Dispatcher.dispatchProtobuf, dispatchWithProtobuf);
+        boolean useProtoBuf = query.properties().getBoolean(Dispatcher.dispatchProtobuf, true);
         boolean useDispatchDotSummaries = query.properties().getBoolean(dispatchSummaries, false);
 
         return  ((useDispatchDotSummaries || !useProtoBuf) && ! summaryNeedsQuery)