diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/DeliveryApiContentIndex.cs b/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/DeliveryApiContentIndex.cs
index c572fc85f7..367817f368 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/DeliveryApiContentIndex.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Examine.Lucene/DeliveryApiContentIndex.cs
@@ -134,10 +134,4 @@ public class DeliveryApiContentIndex : UmbracoExamineIndex
 
         return (compositeIdModel.Id?.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), compositeIdModel.Culture);
     }
-
-    protected override void OnTransformingIndexValues(IndexingItemEventArgs e)
-    {
-        // UmbracoExamineIndex (base class down the hierarchy) performs some magic transformations here for paths and icons;
-        // we don't want that for the Delivery API, so we'll have to override this method and simply do nothing.
-    }
 }