diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/UmbracoExamineIndex.cs b/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/UmbracoExamineIndex.cs
index fb162b6521..5faccf581f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/UmbracoExamineIndex.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/UmbracoExamineIndex.cs
@@ -115,32 +115,16 @@ public abstract class UmbracoExamineIndex : LuceneIndex, IUmbracoIndex, IIndexDi
     {
         base.OnTransformingIndexValues(e);
 
-        // Performs special value transformations to all deriving indexes of this base class
-        // but the DeliveryApiContentIndex (they are not needed in this case).
-        // The alternative is to move the call to ApplySpecialIndexValueTransformations into a new base class
-        // that all implementors but the DeliveryApiContentIndex would inherit from but that would be breaking
-        // for any custom indexes deriving from UmbracoExamineIndex.
-        if (e.Index.Name != Constants.UmbracoIndexes.DeliveryApiContentIndexName)
-        {
-            ApplySpecialIndexValueTransformations(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Updates the index ValueSet with a special __Path and __Icon fields.
-    /// </summary>
-    private void ApplySpecialIndexValueTransformations(IndexingItemEventArgs e)
-    {
         var updatedValues = e.ValueSet.Values.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => (IEnumerable<object>)x.Value);
 
-        // Ensure special __Path field
+        //ensure special __Path field
         var path = e.ValueSet.GetValue("path");
         if (path != null)
         {
             updatedValues[UmbracoExamineFieldNames.IndexPathFieldName] = path.Yield();
         }
 
-        // Ensure special __Icon field
+        //icon
         if (e.ValueSet.Values.TryGetValue("icon", out IReadOnlyList<object>? icon) &&
             e.ValueSet.Values.ContainsKey(UmbracoExamineFieldNames.IconFieldName) == false)
         {