diff --git a/src/index.cpp b/src/index.cpp
index f0825726..a4cc74fa 100644
--- a/src/index.cpp
+++ b/src/index.cpp
@@ -3100,14 +3100,6 @@ Option<bool> Index::search(std::vector<query_tokens_t>& field_query_tokens, cons
                         kv.text_match_score = 0;
                         kv.vector_distance = vec_result.second;
 
-                        if (filter_result_iterator->is_valid &&
-                            !filter_result_iterator->reference.empty()) {
-                            // The doc_id must be valid otherwise it would've been filtered out upstream.
-                            filter_result_iterator->skip_to(seq_id);
-                            kv.reference_filter_results = std::move(filter_result_iterator->reference);
-                            filter_result_iterator->reset();
-                        }
-
                         auto ret = topster->add(&kv);
                         vec_search_ids.push_back(seq_id);