diff --git a/backend/onyx/document_index/vespa/shared_utils/vespa_request_builders.py b/backend/onyx/document_index/vespa/shared_utils/vespa_request_builders.py
index dda75c85337..71875cb951e 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/document_index/vespa/shared_utils/vespa_request_builders.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/document_index/vespa/shared_utils/vespa_request_builders.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from onyx.document_index.vespa_constants import SOURCE_TYPE
 from onyx.document_index.vespa_constants import TENANT_ID
 from onyx.utils.logger import setup_logger
+from shared_configs.configs import MULTI_TENANT
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ def _build_time_filter(
 
     filter_str = f"!({HIDDEN}=true) and " if not include_hidden else ""
 
-    if filters.tenant_id:
+    # If running in multi-tenant mode, we may want to filter by tenant_id
+    if filters.tenant_id and MULTI_TENANT:
         filter_str += f'({TENANT_ID} contains "{filters.tenant_id}") and '
 
     # CAREFUL touching this one, currently there is no second ACL double-check post retrieval
diff --git a/backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/query_backend.py b/backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/query_backend.py
index 1c589a7756c..97316662000 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/query_backend.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/server/query_and_chat/query_backend.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def admin_search(
     query = question.query
     logger.notice(f"Received admin search query: {query}")
     user_acl_filters = build_access_filters_for_user(user, db_session)
+
     final_filters = IndexFilters(
         source_type=question.filters.source_type,
         document_set=question.filters.document_set,