diff --git a/src/search/lib/elasticsearch-versions.ts b/src/search/lib/elasticsearch-versions.ts
index 19dfd937d87c..d365ddda57a7 100644
--- a/src/search/lib/elasticsearch-versions.ts
+++ b/src/search/lib/elasticsearch-versions.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ export const versionToIndexVersionMap: { [key: string]: string } = {}
 // For each potential input (from request query string, CLI, etc), map it to the appropriate index version
 for (const versionSource of Object.values(allVersions)) {
   if (versionSource.hasNumberedReleases) {
+    // Map version number to corresponding release, e.g. `3.14` -> `ghes-3.14`
     versionToIndexVersionMap[versionSource.currentRelease] = versionSource.miscVersionName
+    // Map full release name to corresponding release, e.g. `enterprise-server@3.14` -> `ghes-3.14`
+    versionToIndexVersionMap[versionSource.version] = versionSource.miscVersionName
     // Map shortname or plan, e.g. `ghes` or `enterprise-server` to the latest release, e.g. `ghes-3.14`
     if (versionSource.latestRelease === versionSource.currentRelease) {
       versionToIndexVersionMap[versionSource.plan] = versionSource.miscVersionName
diff --git a/src/search/lib/search-request-params/get-search-from-request-params.ts b/src/search/lib/search-request-params/get-search-from-request-params.ts
index 1ae3fd38ad85..af3fd98b0cf6 100644
--- a/src/search/lib/search-request-params/get-search-from-request-params.ts
+++ b/src/search/lib/search-request-params/get-search-from-request-params.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ import {
   ValidationError,
   getSearchRequestParamsObject,
 } from '@/search/lib/search-request-params/search-params-objects'
-import {
-  getGeneralSearchIndexVersion,
-  getGeneralSearchIndexPrefix,
-  isBeforeSearchIndexMigration,
-} from '@/search/lib/helpers/old-version-logic'
 
 import type {
   ComputedSearchQueryParams,
@@ -79,17 +74,8 @@ export function getSearchFromRequestParams<Type extends SearchTypes>(
 
   let indexName = ''
   if (!validationErrors.length) {
-    // generalSearch is the only type of search that uses the old index prefix logic, rather than the `getElasticSearchIndex` function logic
-    if (type === 'generalSearch' && isBeforeSearchIndexMigration()) {
-      indexName = `${getGeneralSearchIndexPrefix()}github-docs-${getGeneralSearchIndexVersion(searchParams.version)}-${searchParams.language}`
-    } else {
-      const getIndexResults = getElasticSearchIndex(
-        type,
-        searchParams.version,
-        searchParams.language,
-      )
-      indexName = getIndexResults.indexName
-    }
+    const getIndexResults = getElasticSearchIndex(type, searchParams.version, searchParams.language)
+    indexName = getIndexResults.indexName
   }
 
   return { indexName, searchParams, validationErrors }
diff --git a/src/search/lib/search-request-params/search-params-objects.ts b/src/search/lib/search-request-params/search-params-objects.ts
index 76dfce35e61e..23478b88a7ba 100644
--- a/src/search/lib/search-request-params/search-params-objects.ts
+++ b/src/search/lib/search-request-params/search-params-objects.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import languages from '@/languages/lib/languages'
 import { allIndexVersionKeys, versionToIndexVersionMap } from '@/search/lib/elasticsearch-versions'
 import { SearchTypes } from '@/search/types'
-import { versionAliases } from '@/search/lib/helpers/old-version-logic'
-import { allVersions } from '@/versions/lib/all-versions'
 
 import type { SearchRequestQueryParams } from '@/search/lib/search-request-params/types'
 
@@ -60,16 +58,6 @@ const SHARED_PARAMS_OBJ: SearchRequestQueryParams[] = [
 const GENERAL_SEARCH_PARAMS_OBJ: SearchRequestQueryParams[] = [
   ...SHARED_PARAMS_OBJ,
   { key: 'query' },
-  // TODO: Overwrite with old version logic for now
-  {
-    key: 'version',
-    default_: 'dotcom',
-    validate: (v) => {
-      if (versionAliases[v] || allVersions[v]) return true
-      const valid = [...Object.keys(versionAliases), ...Object.keys(allVersions)]
-      throw new ValidationError(`'${v}' not in ${valid}`)
-    },
-  },
   { key: 'language', default_: 'en', validate: (v) => v in languages },
   {
     key: 'size',
diff --git a/src/search/scripts/scrape/lib/search-index-records.ts b/src/search/scripts/scrape/lib/search-index-records.ts
index c4459ccdb88a..cc8d1a802c3f 100644
--- a/src/search/scripts/scrape/lib/search-index-records.ts
+++ b/src/search/scripts/scrape/lib/search-index-records.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
+import fsSync from 'fs'
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import { isArray, isString } from 'lodash-es'
@@ -15,8 +16,13 @@ export async function writeIndexRecords(
   const recordsObject = Object.fromEntries(records.map((record) => [record.objectID, record]))
   const content = JSON.stringify(recordsObject, undefined, 0)
 
+  // If the outDirectory doesn't exist, create it
+  if (!fsSync.existsSync(outDirectory)) {
+    await fs.mkdir(outDirectory, { recursive: true })
+  }
+
   const filePath = path.join(outDirectory, `${name}-records.json`)
-  await fs.writeFile(filePath, content)
+  await fs.writeFile(filePath, content, { flag: 'w' })
 
   return filePath
 }