diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/IndexServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/IndexServiceBean.java
index ba54a7780b9..e3049fa210f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/IndexServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/IndexServiceBean.java
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public Future<String> indexDataverse(Dataverse dataverse, boolean processPaths)
         String status;
         try {
             if (dataverse.getId() != null) {
-                solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs, COMMIT_WITHIN);
+                solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs);
             } else {
                 logger.info("WARNING: indexing of a dataverse with no id attempted");
             }
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ public Future<String> indexDataverse(Dataverse dataverse, boolean processPaths)
             logger.info(status);
             return new AsyncResult<>(status);
         }
-        /*try {
+        try {
             solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             status = ex.toString();
             logger.info(status);
             return new AsyncResult<>(status);
-        }*/
+        }
 
         dvObjectService.updateContentIndexTime(dataverse);
         IndexResponse indexResponse = solrIndexService.indexPermissionsForOneDvObject(dataverse);
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ public void indexDatasetInNewTransaction(Long datasetId) { //Dataset dataset) {
     private static final Map<Long, Boolean> INDEXING_NOW = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     // semaphore for async indexing
     private static final Semaphore ASYNC_INDEX_SEMAPHORE = new Semaphore(JvmSettings.MAX_ASYNC_INDEXES.lookupOptional(Integer.class).orElse(4), true);
-    static final int COMMIT_WITHIN = 5000;
     
     @Inject
     @Metric(name = "index_permit_wait_time", absolute = true, unit = MetricUnits.NANOSECONDS,
@@ -1536,8 +1535,8 @@ private String addOrUpdateDataset(IndexableDataset indexableDataset, Set<Long> d
         final SolrInputDocuments docs = toSolrDocs(indexableDataset, datafilesInDraftVersion);
 
         try {
-            solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs.getDocuments(), COMMIT_WITHIN);
-            //solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
+            solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs.getDocuments());
+            solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             if (ex.getCause() instanceof SolrServerException) {
                 throw new SolrServerException(ex);
@@ -1789,8 +1788,8 @@ private void updatePathForExistingSolrDocs(DvObject object) throws SolrServerExc
 
             sid.removeField(SearchFields.SUBTREE);
             sid.addField(SearchFields.SUBTREE, paths);
-            UpdateResponse addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(sid, COMMIT_WITHIN);
-            //UpdateResponse commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
+            UpdateResponse addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(sid);
+            UpdateResponse commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
             if (object.isInstanceofDataset()) {
                 for (DataFile df : dataset.getFiles()) {
                     solrQuery.setQuery(SearchUtil.constructQuery(SearchFields.ENTITY_ID, df.getId().toString()));
@@ -1803,8 +1802,8 @@ private void updatePathForExistingSolrDocs(DvObject object) throws SolrServerExc
                         }
                         sid.removeField(SearchFields.SUBTREE);
                         sid.addField(SearchFields.SUBTREE, paths);
-                        addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(sid, COMMIT_WITHIN);
-                        //commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
+                        addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(sid);
+                        commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1846,16 +1845,15 @@ public String delete(Dataverse doomed) {
         logger.fine("deleting Solr document for dataverse " + doomed.getId());
         UpdateResponse updateResponse;
         try {
-            updateResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(solrDocIdentifierDataverse + doomed.getId(), COMMIT_WITHIN);
+            updateResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(solrDocIdentifierDataverse + doomed.getId());
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             return ex.toString();
         }
-        /*try {
+        try {
             solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             return ex.toString();
         }
-        */
         String response = "Successfully deleted dataverse " + doomed.getId() + " from Solr index. updateReponse was: " + updateResponse.toString();
         logger.fine(response);
         return response;
@@ -1872,16 +1870,15 @@ public String removeSolrDocFromIndex(String doomed) {
         logger.fine("deleting Solr document: " + doomed);
         UpdateResponse updateResponse;
         try {
-            updateResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(doomed, COMMIT_WITHIN);
+            updateResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(doomed);
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             return ex.toString();
         }
-        /*try {
+        try {
             solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             return ex.toString();
         }
-        */
         String response = "Attempted to delete " + doomed + " from Solr index. updateReponse was: " + updateResponse.toString();
         logger.fine(response);
         return response;
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SolrIndexServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SolrIndexServiceBean.java
index ac2475bd9ba..04021eb75b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SolrIndexServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/search/SolrIndexServiceBean.java
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ private void persistToSolr(Collection<SolrInputDocument> docs) throws SolrServer
         /**
          * @todo Do something with these responses from Solr.
          */
-        UpdateResponse addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs, IndexServiceBean.COMMIT_WITHIN);
-        //UpdateResponse commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
+        UpdateResponse addResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().add(docs);
+        UpdateResponse commitResponse = solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
     }
 
     public IndexResponse indexPermissionsOnSelfAndChildren(long definitionPointId) {
@@ -497,26 +497,26 @@ public IndexResponse deleteMultipleSolrIds(List<String> solrIdsToDelete) {
             return new IndexResponse("nothing to delete");
         }
         try {
-            solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(solrIdsToDelete, IndexServiceBean.COMMIT_WITHIN);
+            solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteById(solrIdsToDelete);
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             /**
              * @todo mark these for re-deletion
              */
             return new IndexResponse("problem deleting the following documents from Solr: " + solrIdsToDelete);
         }
-        /*try {
+        try {
             solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
             return new IndexResponse("problem committing deletion of the following documents from Solr: " + solrIdsToDelete);
-        }*/
+        }
         return new IndexResponse("no known problem deleting the following documents from Solr:" + solrIdsToDelete);
     }
 
     public JsonObjectBuilder deleteAllFromSolrAndResetIndexTimes() throws SolrServerException, IOException {
         JsonObjectBuilder response = Json.createObjectBuilder();
         logger.info("attempting to delete all Solr documents before a complete re-index");
-        solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteByQuery("*:*", IndexServiceBean.COMMIT_WITHIN);
-        //solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
+        solrClientService.getSolrClient().deleteByQuery("*:*");
+        solrClientService.getSolrClient().commit();
         int numRowsAffected = dvObjectService.clearAllIndexTimes();
         response.add(numRowsClearedByClearAllIndexTimes, numRowsAffected);
         response.add(messageString, "Solr index and database index timestamps cleared.");