diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/ReindexButton/index.client.tsx b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/ReindexButton/index.client.tsx
index 9e660aee344..56aa99ef4cf 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/ReindexButton/index.client.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/ReindexButton/index.client.tsx
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ export const ReindexButtonClient: React.FC<ReindexButtonProps> = ({
   searchCollections,
   searchSlug,
 }) => {
-  const apiBasePath = useConfig().config.routes.api
   const { closeModal, openModal } = useModal()
+
+  const { config } = useConfig()
+
   const {
     i18n: { t },
   } = useTranslation()
+
   const locale = useLocale()
   const router = useRouter()
 
@@ -47,15 +50,16 @@ export const ReindexButtonClient: React.FC<ReindexButtonProps> = ({
     closeConfirmModal()
     setLoading(true)
 
-    const basePath = apiBasePath.endsWith('/') ? apiBasePath.slice(0, -1) : apiBasePath
-
     try {
-      const endpointRes = await fetch(`${basePath}/${searchSlug}/reindex?locale=${locale.code}`, {
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          collections: reindexCollections,
-        }),
-        method: 'POST',
-      })
+      const endpointRes = await fetch(
+        `${config.routes.api}/${searchSlug}/reindex?locale=${locale.code}`,
+        {
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            collections: reindexCollections,
+          }),
+          method: 'POST',
+        },
+      )
 
       const { message } = (await endpointRes.json()) as { message: string }
 
@@ -65,13 +69,13 @@ export const ReindexButtonClient: React.FC<ReindexButtonProps> = ({
         toast.success(message)
         router.refresh()
       }
-    } catch (err: unknown) {
+    } catch (_err: unknown) {
       // swallow error, toast shown above
     } finally {
       setReindexCollections([])
       setLoading(false)
     }
-  }, [closeConfirmModal, isLoading, reindexCollections, router, searchSlug, locale, apiBasePath])
+  }, [closeConfirmModal, isLoading, reindexCollections, router, searchSlug, locale, config])
 
   const handleShowConfirmModal = useCallback(
     (collections: string | string[] = searchCollections) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
index 6c7db8a2824..a43939d1c62 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export const searchPlugin =
 
       const pluginConfig: SearchPluginConfigWithLocales = {
         // write any config defaults here
-        apiBasePath: config.routes?.api,
         deleteDrafts: true,
         labels,
         locales,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
index 0e1e6185f4f..bdd8036ec92 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ export type BeforeSync = (args: {
 export type FieldsOverride = (args: { defaultFields: Field[] }) => Field[]
 
 export type SearchPluginConfig = {
+  /**
+   * @deprecated
+   * This plugin gets the api route from the config directly and does not need to be passed in.
+   * As long as you have `routes.api` set in your Payload config, the plugin will use that.
+   * This property will be removed in the next major version.
+   */
   apiBasePath?: string
   beforeSync?: BeforeSync
   collections?: string[]