diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/pipeline/stages/Search.java b/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/pipeline/stages/Search.java
index a06d759de..2336e260e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/pipeline/stages/Search.java
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/pipeline/stages/Search.java
@@ -154,13 +154,14 @@ public Search withSort(Ordering order, Ordering... additionalOrderings) {
   //    return new Search(options.with("limit", encodeValue(limit)));
   //  }
 
-  /**
-   * Specify the maximum number of documents to retrieve. Documents will be retrieved in the
-   * pre-sort order specified by the search index.
-   */
-  public Search withRetrievalDepth(long retrievalDepth) {
-    return new Search(options.with("retrieval_depth", encodeValue(retrievalDepth)));
-  }
+  // TODO(search) enable with backend support
+  //  /**
+  //   * Specify the maximum number of documents to retrieve. Documents will be retrieved in the
+  //   * pre-sort order specified by the search index.
+  //   */
+  //  public Search withRetrievalDepth(long retrievalDepth) {
+  //    return new Search(options.with("retrieval_depth", encodeValue(retrievalDepth)));
+  //  }
 
   // TODO(search) enable with backend support
   //  /** Specify the number of documents to skip. */
diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/PipelineProtoTest.java b/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/PipelineProtoTest.java
index 42b647e84..4c02dc3fb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/PipelineProtoTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/firestore/PipelineProtoTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void testSearchStageProtoEncoding() {
             .search(
                 Search.withQuery("foo")
                     //                    .withLimit(1)
-                    .withRetrievalDepth(2)
+                    //                    .withRetrievalDepth(2)
                     //                    .withOffset(3)
                     //                    .withQueryEnhancement(Search.QueryEnhancement.REQUIRED)
                     //                    .withLanguageCode("en-US")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void testSearchStageProtoEncoding() {
     //    assertThat(optionsMap.get("limit").getIntegerValue()).isEqualTo(1L);
 
     // retrieval_depth
-    assertThat(optionsMap.get("retrieval_depth").getIntegerValue()).isEqualTo(2L);
+    //    assertThat(optionsMap.get("retrieval_depth").getIntegerValue()).isEqualTo(2L);
 
     // offset
     //    assertThat(optionsMap.get("offset").getIntegerValue()).isEqualTo(3L);