diff --git a/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb b/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
index 61617d958d7..5000062e41a 100644
--- a/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/batched_remove_status_service.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class BatchedRemoveStatusService < BaseService
 
     # Since we skipped all callbacks, we also need to manually
     # deindex the statuses
-    Chewy.strategy.current.update(StatusesIndex, statuses_and_reblogs)
+    Chewy.strategy.current.update(StatusesIndex, statuses_and_reblogs) if Chewy.enabled?
 
     return if options[:skip_side_effects]