diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexDeletedKeysBTreeMergeCursor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexDeletedKeysBTreeMergeCursor.java
index f1f5241..faa90eb 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexDeletedKeysBTreeMergeCursor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndexDeletedKeysBTreeMergeCursor.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
         ArrayList<IIndexAccessor> btreeAccessors = lsmInitialState.getDeletedKeysBTreeAccessors();
         for (int i = 0; i < numBTrees; i++) {
             rangeCursors[i] = btreeAccessors.get(i).createSearchCursor(false);
-            btreeAccessors.get(i).search(rangeCursors[i], btreePredicate);
         }
         IndexCursorUtils.open(btreeAccessors, rangeCursors, btreePredicate);
         try {