diff --git a/metadata-dao-impl/elasticsearch-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/ESUtils.java b/metadata-dao-impl/elasticsearch-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/ESUtils.java
index 3cbec0e0d9..2382d59fcd 100644
--- a/metadata-dao-impl/elasticsearch-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/ESUtils.java
+++ b/metadata-dao-impl/elasticsearch-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/ESUtils.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class ESUtils {
       BoolQueryBuilder filters = new BoolQueryBuilder();
       // TODO: Remove checking for urn after solving META-10102
       Arrays.stream(Urn.isUrn(entry.getValue()) ? new String[]{entry.getValue()} : entry.getValue().split(","))
-              .forEach(elem -> filters.should(QueryBuilders.matchQuery(entry.getKey(), elem)));
+          .forEach(elem -> filters.should(QueryBuilders.matchQuery(entry.getKey(), elem)));
       boolFilter.must(filters);
     }
     return boolFilter;
diff --git a/metadata-restli-resource/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResource.java b/metadata-restli-resource/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResource.java
index 5ad784ee02..a86564080b 100644
--- a/metadata-restli-resource/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResource.java
+++ b/metadata-restli-resource/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResource.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import com.linkedin.metadata.dao.BaseSearchDAO;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.dao.SearchResult;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.dao.utils.ModelUtils;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.query.AutoCompleteResult;
-import com.linkedin.metadata.query.Criterion;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.query.CriterionArray;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.query.Filter;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.query.SearchResultMetadata;
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ public abstract class BaseSearchableEntityResource<
 
   private static final Filter EMPTY_FILTER = new Filter().setCriteria(new CriterionArray());
   private static final String MATCH_ALL = "*";
-  private static final String REMOVED_FIELD = "removed";
   private static final String DEFAULT_SORT_CRITERION_FIELD = "urn";
 
   public BaseSearchableEntityResource(@Nonnull Class<SNAPSHOT> snapshotClass,
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ public abstract class BaseSearchableEntityResource<
   protected abstract BaseSearchDAO<DOCUMENT> getSearchDAO();
 
   /**
-   * Returns all {@link VALUE} objects from search index which by default are NOT removed. By default the list is sorted in ascending order of urn
+   * Returns all {@link VALUE} objects from search index. By default the list is sorted in ascending order of urn
    *
    * @param pagingContext pagination context
    * @param aspectNames list of aspect names that need to be returned
@@ -88,12 +86,6 @@ public abstract class BaseSearchableEntityResource<
       @QueryParam(PARAM_SORT) @Optional @Nullable SortCriterion sortCriterion) {
 
     final Filter searchFilter = filter != null ? filter : EMPTY_FILTER;
-    if (searchFilter.hasCriteria() && searchFilter.getCriteria()
-        .stream()
-        .noneMatch(t -> t.getField().equals(REMOVED_FIELD))) {
-      searchFilter.getCriteria().add(new Criterion().setField(REMOVED_FIELD).setValue("false"));
-    }
-
     final SortCriterion searchSortCriterion = sortCriterion != null ? sortCriterion
         : new SortCriterion().setField(DEFAULT_SORT_CRITERION_FIELD).setOrder(SortOrder.ASCENDING);
     return RestliUtils.toTask(
diff --git a/metadata-restli-resource/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResourceTest.java b/metadata-restli-resource/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResourceTest.java
index 0032ae37d2..f3ef689672 100644
--- a/metadata-restli-resource/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResourceTest.java
+++ b/metadata-restli-resource/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseSearchableEntityResourceTest.java
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ public class BaseSearchableEntityResourceTest extends BaseEngineTest {
     AspectKey<Urn, AspectFoo> aspectKey2 = new AspectKey<>(AspectFoo.class, urn2, BaseLocalDAO.LATEST_VERSION);
 
     Filter filter1 = new Filter().setCriteria(new CriterionArray());
-    filter1.getCriteria().add(new Criterion().setField("removed").setValue("false"));
     SortCriterion sortCriterion1 = new SortCriterion().setField("urn").setOrder(SortOrder.ASCENDING);
 
     when(_mockSearchDAO.search("*", filter1, sortCriterion1, 1, 2)).thenReturn(