diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogSearch/etc/indexer.xml b/app/code/Magento/CatalogSearch/etc/indexer.xml
index 9726f5372311d..a0b9ca10afccb 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogSearch/etc/indexer.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogSearch/etc/indexer.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
     <indexer id="catalogsearch_fulltext" view_id="catalogsearch_fulltext" class="Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\Indexer\Fulltext">
         <title translate="true">Catalog Search</title>
         <description translate="true">Rebuild Catalog product fulltext search index</description>
-
-        <saveHandler class="Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\Indexer\IndexHandler" />
         <structure class="Magento\CatalogSearch\Model\Indexer\IndexStructure" />
     </indexer>
 </config>