diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/alerts/AlertMover.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/alerts/AlertMover.kt
index 34195e09..057a9e08 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/alerts/AlertMover.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/alerting/alerts/AlertMover.kt
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ class AlertMover(
         val activeAlertsQuery = SearchSourceBuilder.searchSource()
                 .query(boolQuery)
                 .version(true)
-                .seqNoAndPrimaryTerm(true)
 
         val activeAlertsRequest = SearchRequest(AlertIndices.ALERT_INDEX)
                 .routing(monitorId)