diff --git a/public/components/common/search/query_area.tsx b/public/components/common/search/query_area.tsx
index dde77d60b8..199278e376 100644
--- a/public/components/common/search/query_area.tsx
+++ b/public/components/common/search/query_area.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export function QueryArea({
   const memoizedHandleQueryChange = useMemo(() => handleQueryChange, []);
   useEffect(() => {
     const indexQuery = `source = ${selectedIndex[0]?.label || ''}`;
-    memoizedHandleQueryChange(indexQuery);
     memoizedGetAvailableFields(indexQuery);
   }, [selectedIndex, memoizedGetAvailableFields, memoizedHandleQueryChange]);
   const [lastFocusedInput, setLastFocusedInput] = useState<'query_area' | 'nlq_input'>('nlq_input');
diff --git a/public/components/common/search/search.tsx b/public/components/common/search/search.tsx
index 408e7f464e..f1d85d75cc 100644
--- a/public/components/common/search/search.tsx
+++ b/public/components/common/search/search.tsx
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ export const Search = (props: any) => {
       setSelectedIndex(reduxIndex);
       // sets the editor text and populates sidebar field for a particular index upon initialization
       const indexQuery = `source = ${reduxIndex[0].label}`;
-      handleQueryChange(indexQuery);
       getAvailableFields(indexQuery);
     }
     if (queryRedux.ollyQueryAssistant.length > 0) {