diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCache.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCache.java
index 3b37afc3b297b..5792cafb91b77 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitsetFilterCache.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings.INDEX_FAST_REFRESH_SETTING;
-
 /**
  * This is a cache for {@link BitDocIdSet} based filters and is unbounded by size or time.
  * <p>
@@ -105,9 +103,7 @@ static boolean shouldLoadRandomAccessFiltersEagerly(IndexSettings settings) {
         boolean loadFiltersEagerlySetting = settings.getValue(INDEX_LOAD_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILTERS_EAGERLY_SETTING);
         boolean isStateless = DiscoveryNode.isStateless(settings.getNodeSettings());
         if (isStateless) {
-            return DiscoveryNode.hasRole(settings.getNodeSettings(), DiscoveryNodeRole.SEARCH_ROLE)
-                && loadFiltersEagerlySetting
-                && INDEX_FAST_REFRESH_SETTING.get(settings.getSettings());
+            return loadFiltersEagerlySetting && DiscoveryNode.hasRole(settings.getNodeSettings(), DiscoveryNodeRole.SEARCH_ROLE);
         } else {
             return loadFiltersEagerlySetting;
         }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitSetFilterCacheTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitSetFilterCacheTests.java
index 4cb3ce418f761..b12cd256eebcc 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitSetFilterCacheTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/bitset/BitSetFilterCacheTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode.STATELESS_ENABLED_SETTING_NAME;
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings.INDEX_FAST_REFRESH_SETTING;
 import static org.elasticsearch.index.cache.bitset.BitsetFilterCache.INDEX_LOAD_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILTERS_EAGERLY_SETTING;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
@@ -271,38 +270,23 @@ public void onRemoval(ShardId shardId, Accountable accountable) {
     public void testShouldLoadRandomAccessFiltersEagerly() {
         var values = List.of(true, false);
         for (var hasIndexRole : values) {
-            for (var indexFastRefresh : values) {
-                for (var loadFiltersEagerly : values) {
-                    for (var isStateless : values) {
-                        if (isStateless) {
-                            assertEquals(
-                                loadFiltersEagerly && indexFastRefresh && hasIndexRole == false,
-                                BitsetFilterCache.shouldLoadRandomAccessFiltersEagerly(
-                                    bitsetFilterCacheSettings(isStateless, hasIndexRole, loadFiltersEagerly, indexFastRefresh)
-                                )
-                            );
-                        } else {
-                            assertEquals(
-                                loadFiltersEagerly,
-                                BitsetFilterCache.shouldLoadRandomAccessFiltersEagerly(
-                                    bitsetFilterCacheSettings(isStateless, hasIndexRole, loadFiltersEagerly, indexFastRefresh)
-                                )
-                            );
-                        }
+            for (var loadFiltersEagerly : values) {
+                for (var isStateless : values) {
+                    boolean result = BitsetFilterCache.shouldLoadRandomAccessFiltersEagerly(
+                        bitsetFilterCacheSettings(isStateless, hasIndexRole, loadFiltersEagerly)
+                    );
+                    if (isStateless) {
+                        assertEquals(loadFiltersEagerly && hasIndexRole == false, result);
+                    } else {
+                        assertEquals(loadFiltersEagerly, result);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private IndexSettings bitsetFilterCacheSettings(
-        boolean isStateless,
-        boolean hasIndexRole,
-        boolean loadFiltersEagerly,
-        boolean indexFastRefresh
-    ) {
+    private IndexSettings bitsetFilterCacheSettings(boolean isStateless, boolean hasIndexRole, boolean loadFiltersEagerly) {
         var indexSettingsBuilder = Settings.builder().put(INDEX_LOAD_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILTERS_EAGERLY_SETTING.getKey(), loadFiltersEagerly);
-        if (isStateless) indexSettingsBuilder.put(INDEX_FAST_REFRESH_SETTING.getKey(), indexFastRefresh);
 
         var nodeSettingsBuilder = Settings.builder()
             .putList(