diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
index f9336480df7ca..51e3148d41adc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ public SearchTransportService(Settings settings, TransportService transportServi
         this.responseWrapper = responseWrapper;
     }
 
-    public Map<String, Long> getClientConnections() {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(clientConnections);
-    }
-
     public void sendFreeContext(Transport.Connection connection, final long contextId, OriginalIndices originalIndices) {
         transportService.sendRequest(connection, FREE_CONTEXT_ACTION_NAME, new SearchFreeContextRequest(originalIndices, contextId),
             TransportRequestOptions.EMPTY, new ActionListenerResponseHandler<>(new ActionListener<SearchFreeContextResponse>() {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/NodeService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/NodeService.java
index 5fd4599df941f..11106d41beaf1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/NodeService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/NodeService.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public NodeStats stats(CommonStatsFlags indices, boolean os, boolean process, bo
                 script ? scriptService.stats() : null,
                 discoveryStats ? discovery.stats() : null,
                 ingest ? ingestService.getPipelineExecutionService().stats() : null,
-                adaptiveSelection ? responseCollectorService.getAdaptiveStats(searchTransportService.getClientConnections()) : null
+                adaptiveSelection ? responseCollectorService.getAdaptiveStats(searchTransportService.getPendingSearchRequests()) : null
         );
     }