diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index fade308..503eedf 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module.exports = {
   PORT: process.env.PORT || 3000,
   API_VERSION: process.env.API_VERSION || 'v5',
   DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE: process.env.DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE || 1000,
-  MAX_ELASTIC_SEARCH_RECORDS_SIZE: process.env.MAX_ELASTIC_SEARCH_RECORDS_SIZE || 10000,
   // used to properly set the header response to api calls for services behind a load balancer
   API_BASE_URL: process.env.API_BASE_URL || `http://localhost:3000`,
 
diff --git a/src/services/ResourceService.js b/src/services/ResourceService.js
index 199fde7..4016d99 100644
--- a/src/services/ResourceService.js
+++ b/src/services/ResourceService.js
@@ -446,23 +446,7 @@ async function listChallengesByMember (memberId, criteria) {
     }
   })
 
-  let docs = {
-    hits: {
-      total: 0,
-      hits: []
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (perPage * page <= config.MAX_ELASTIC_SEARCH_RECORDS_SIZE) {
-    docs = await searchES(mustQuery, perPage, page)
-  } else {
-    throw new errors.BadRequestError(`
-      ES pagination params:
-      page ${page},
-      perPage: ${perPage}
-      exceeds the max search window:${config.MAX_ELASTIC_SEARCH_RECORDS_SIZE}`
-    )
-  }
+  const docs = await searchES(mustQuery, perPage, page)
 
   // Extract data from hits
   let result = _.map(docs.hits.hits, item => item._source)