diff --git a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/core.py b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/core.py
index 9c993dc..4a1d351 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/core.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/core.py
@@ -65,42 +65,51 @@ async def all_collections(  # noqa: C901
         """
         base_url = get_base_url(request)
 
-        # Parse request parameters
-        base_args = {
-            "bbox": bbox,
-            "limit": limit,
-            "offset": offset,
-            "query": orjson.loads(unquote_plus(query)) if query else query,
-        }
+        next_link: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+        prev_link: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+        collections_result: Collections
+
+        if self.extension_is_enabled("CollectionSearchExtension"):
+            base_args = {
+                "bbox": bbox,
+                "limit": limit,
+                "offset": offset,
+                "query": orjson.loads(unquote_plus(query)) if query else query,
+            }
+
+            clean_args = clean_search_args(
+                base_args=base_args,
+                datetime=datetime,
+                fields=fields,
+                sortby=sortby,
+                filter_query=filter,
+                filter_lang=filter_lang,
+            )
 
-        clean_args = clean_search_args(
-            base_args=base_args,
-            datetime=datetime,
-            fields=fields,
-            sortby=sortby,
-            filter_query=filter,
-            filter_lang=filter_lang,
-        )
+            async with request.app.state.get_connection(request, "r") as conn:
+                q, p = render(
+                    """
+                    SELECT * FROM collection_search(:req::text::jsonb);
+                    """,
+                    req=json.dumps(clean_args),
+                )
+                collections_result = await conn.fetchval(q, *p)
 
-        async with request.app.state.get_connection(request, "r") as conn:
-            q, p = render(
-                """
-                SELECT * FROM collection_search(:req::text::jsonb);
-                """,
-                req=json.dumps(clean_args),
-            )
-            collections_result: Collections = await conn.fetchval(q, *p)
+            if links := collections_result.get("links"):
+                for link in links:
+                    if link["rel"] == "next":
+                        next_link = link
+                    elif link["rel"] == "prev":
+                        prev_link = link
 
-        next_link: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-        prev_link: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-        if links := collections_result.get("links"):
-            next_link = None
-            prev_link = None
-            for link in links:
-                if link["rel"] == "next":
-                    next_link = link
-                elif link["rel"] == "prev":
-                    prev_link = link
+        else:
+            async with request.app.state.get_connection(request, "r") as conn:
+                cols = await conn.fetchval(
+                    """
+                    SELECT * FROM all_collections();
+                    """
+                )
+                collections_result = {"collections": cols, "links": []}
 
         linked_collections: List[Collection] = []
         collections = collections_result["collections"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3d998c1..632a89d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -268,3 +268,48 @@ async def load_test2_item(app_client, load_test_data, load_test2_collection):
     )
     assert resp.status_code == 201
     return Item.model_validate(resp.json())
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(
+    scope="session",
+)
+def api_client_no_ext(database):
+    api_settings = Settings(
+        postgres_user=database.user,
+        postgres_pass=database.password,
+        postgres_host_reader=database.host,
+        postgres_host_writer=database.host,
+        postgres_port=database.port,
+        postgres_dbname=database.dbname,
+        testing=True,
+    )
+    return StacApi(
+        settings=api_settings,
+        extensions=[
+            TransactionExtension(client=TransactionsClient(), settings=api_settings)
+        ],
+        client=CoreCrudClient(),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+async def app_no_ext(api_client_no_ext):
+    logger.info("Creating app Fixture")
+    time.time()
+    app = api_client_no_ext.app
+    await connect_to_db(app)
+
+    yield app
+
+    await close_db_connection(app)
+
+    logger.info("Closed Pools.")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+async def app_client_no_ext(app_no_ext):
+    logger.info("creating app_client")
+    async with AsyncClient(
+        transport=ASGITransport(app=app_no_ext), base_url="http://test"
+    ) as c:
+        yield c
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_collection.py b/tests/resources/test_collection.py
index e808a7c..1a5ad68 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_collection.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_collection.py
@@ -307,6 +307,55 @@ async def test_get_collections_search(
     assert len(resp.json()["collections"]) == 2
 
 
+@requires_pgstac_0_9_2
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_all_collections_with_pagination(app_client, load_test_data):
+    data = load_test_data("test_collection.json")
+    collection_id = data["id"]
+    for ii in range(0, 12):
+        data["id"] = collection_id + f"_{ii}"
+        resp = await app_client.post(
+            "/collections",
+            json=data,
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 201
+
+    resp = await app_client.get("/collections")
+    cols = resp.json()["collections"]
+    assert len(cols) == 10
+    links = resp.json()["links"]
+    assert len(links) == 3
+    assert {"root", "self", "next"} == {link["rel"] for link in links}
+
+    resp = await app_client.get("/collections", params={"limit": 12})
+    cols = resp.json()["collections"]
+    assert len(cols) == 12
+    links = resp.json()["links"]
+    assert len(links) == 2
+    assert {"root", "self"} == {link["rel"] for link in links}
+
+
+@requires_pgstac_0_9_2
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_all_collections_without_pagination(app_client_no_ext, load_test_data):
+    data = load_test_data("test_collection.json")
+    collection_id = data["id"]
+    for ii in range(0, 12):
+        data["id"] = collection_id + f"_{ii}"
+        resp = await app_client_no_ext.post(
+            "/collections",
+            json=data,
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 201
+
+    resp = await app_client_no_ext.get("/collections")
+    cols = resp.json()["collections"]
+    assert len(cols) == 12
+    links = resp.json()["links"]
+    assert len(links) == 2
+    assert {"root", "self"} == {link["rel"] for link in links}
+
+
 @requires_pgstac_0_9_2
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_collections_search_pagination(