diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/SearchableSnapshotDirectory.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/SearchableSnapshotDirectory.java
index d62443e492605..22a00bee481e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/SearchableSnapshotDirectory.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/SearchableSnapshotDirectory.java
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ private void prewarmCache(ActionListener<Void> listener, Supplier<Boolean> cance
                 }
                 recoveryState.getIndex().addFileDetail(file.physicalName(), file.length(), false);
                 try {
-                    final IndexInput input = openInput(file.physicalName(), CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.CACHE_WARMING_CONTEXT);
+                    final IndexInput input = openInput(file.physicalName(), IOContext.DEFAULT);
                     assert input instanceof CachedBlobContainerIndexInput : "expected cached index input but got " + input.getClass();
                     CachedBlobContainerIndexInput cachedIndexInput = (CachedBlobContainerIndexInput) input;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/input/CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/input/CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.java
index 4711043fff281..e129d7c0efb81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/input/CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/store/input/CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
-import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.elasticsearch.blobcache.BlobCacheUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.blobcache.common.ByteRange;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.snapshots.blobstore.BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshot.FileInfo;
@@ -31,13 +30,6 @@
 
 public class CachedBlobContainerIndexInput extends MetadataCachingIndexInput {
 
-    /**
-     * Specific IOContext used for prewarming the cache. This context allows to write
-     * a complete part of the {@link #fileInfo} at once in the cache and should not be
-     * used for anything else than what the {@link #prefetchPart(int, Supplier)} method does.
-     */
-    public static final IOContext CACHE_WARMING_CONTEXT = new IOContext(IOContext.Context.DEFAULT, null, null, ReadAdvice.NORMAL);
-
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(CachedBlobContainerIndexInput.class);
 
     public CachedBlobContainerIndexInput(
@@ -102,7 +94,6 @@ private CachedBlobContainerIndexInput(
 
     @Override
     protected void readWithoutBlobCache(ByteBuffer b) throws Exception {
-        ensureContext(ctx -> ctx != CACHE_WARMING_CONTEXT);
         final long position = getAbsolutePosition();
         final int length = b.remaining();
 
@@ -139,7 +130,6 @@ public long getPersistentCacheInitialLength() throws Exception {
      * or {@code -1} if the prewarming was cancelled
      */
     public long prefetchPart(final int part, Supplier<Boolean> isCancelled) throws IOException {
-        ensureContext(ctx -> ctx == CACHE_WARMING_CONTEXT);
         if (part >= fileInfo.numberOfParts()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected part number [" + part + "]");
         }