diff --git a/docs/dev/settings.rst b/docs/dev/settings.rst
index 2e9177a0653..49f7ba64e2b 100644
--- a/docs/dev/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/settings.rst
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ DEFAULT_PRIVACY_LEVEL
 
 What privacy projects default to having. Generally set to `public`. Also acts as a proxy setting for blocking certain historically insecure options, like serving generated artifacts directly from the media server.
 
-INDEX_ONLY_LATEST
------------------
-
-In search, only index the `latest` version of a Project.
-
 PUBLIC_DOMAIN
 -------------
 
diff --git a/readthedocs/search/tests/test_views.py b/readthedocs/search/tests/test_views.py
index b3cf2cefd16..976be1c072f 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/tests/test_views.py
@@ -306,9 +306,6 @@ def test_file_search_filter_by_project(self, client):
         reason="Versions are not showing correctly! Fixme while rewrite!"
     )
     def test_file_search_show_versions(self, client, all_projects, es_index, settings):
-        # override the settings to index all versions
-        settings.INDEX_ONLY_LATEST = False
-
         project = all_projects[0]
         # Create some versions of the project
         versions = [get(Version, project=project) for _ in range(3)]