diff --git a/doc/04_Searching_For_Data_In_Index/README.md b/doc/04_Searching_For_Data_In_Index/README.md
index 4e9a6a9b..2ba4d486 100644
--- a/doc/04_Searching_For_Data_In_Index/README.md
+++ b/doc/04_Searching_For_Data_In_Index/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public function searchAction(SearchProviderInterface $searchProvider, DocumentSe
 
 The element search service can be used to search for assets, data objects and documents at the same time.
 
+**Hint:** the element search does not support the calculation of the `hasChildren` attributes. This means that the `hasChildren` attribute will always be `false` for all elements.
+
 - Example: This example loads all elements and orders them by their full path.
 ```php
 use Pimcore\Bundle\GenericDataIndexBundle\Service\Search\SearchService\SearchProviderInterface;
diff --git a/src/Service/Search/SearchService/Element/ElementSearchService.php b/src/Service/Search/SearchService/Element/ElementSearchService.php
index 4904a6dc..48ec295a 100644
--- a/src/Service/Search/SearchService/Element/ElementSearchService.php
+++ b/src/Service/Search/SearchService/Element/ElementSearchService.php
@@ -50,17 +50,11 @@ public function search(SearchInterface $elementSearch): ElementSearchResult
             indexName: $this->globalIndexAliasService->getElementSearchAliasName()
         );
 
-        $childrenCounts = $this->searchHelper->getChildrenCounts(
-            searchResult: $searchResult,
-            indexName: $this->globalIndexAliasService->getElementSearchAliasName(),
-            search: $this->searchProvider->createElementSearch()
-        );
-
         try {
             return new ElementSearchResult(
                 items: $this->searchHelper->hydrateSearchResultHits(
                     $searchResult,
-                    $childrenCounts,
+                    [],
                     $elementSearch->getUser()
                 ),
                 pagination: $this->paginationInfoService->getPaginationInfoFromSearchResult(