diff --git a/solr/solrj-streaming/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/FacetStream.java b/solr/solrj-streaming/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/FacetStream.java
index e34647a106b..a50030a2c40 100644
--- a/solr/solrj-streaming/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/FacetStream.java
+++ b/solr/solrj-streaming/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/io/stream/FacetStream.java
@@ -673,9 +673,6 @@ public void open() throws IOException {
     paramsLoc.set("rows", "0");
 
     QueryRequest request = new QueryRequest(paramsLoc, SolrRequest.METHOD.POST);
-    if (paramsLoc.get("lb.proxy") != null) {
-      request.setPath("/" + collection + "/select");
-    }
 
     try {
       NamedList<?> response = cloudSolrClient.request(request, collection);