diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/QueryGroups.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/QueryGroups.java
index c5fd2cb..0a89b2a 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/QueryGroups.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/group/QueryGroups.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.TopLevelResource;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryParseException;
 import com.google.gerrit.index.query.QueryResult;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupIndex;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.index.group.GroupIndexCollection;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.group.GroupQueryBuilder;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.group.GroupQueryProcessor;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
 public class QueryGroups implements RestReadView<TopLevelResource> {
-  private final GroupIndexCollection indexes;
   private final GroupQueryBuilder queryBuilder;
   private final GroupQueryProcessor queryProcessor;
   private final GroupJson json;
@@ -90,11 +87,7 @@
 
   @Inject
   protected QueryGroups(
-      GroupIndexCollection indexes,
-      GroupQueryBuilder queryBuilder,
-      GroupQueryProcessor queryProcessor,
-      GroupJson json) {
-    this.indexes = indexes;
+      GroupQueryBuilder queryBuilder, GroupQueryProcessor queryProcessor, GroupJson json) {
     this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
     this.queryProcessor = queryProcessor;
     this.json = json;
@@ -111,11 +104,6 @@
       throw new MethodNotAllowedException("query disabled");
     }
 
-    GroupIndex searchIndex = indexes.getSearchIndex();
-    if (searchIndex == null) {
-      throw new MethodNotAllowedException("no group index");
-    }
-
     if (start != 0) {
       queryProcessor.setStart(start);
     }