diff --git a/complaint_search/es_interface.py b/complaint_search/es_interface.py
index 59a32ce..7e609e1 100644
--- a/complaint_search/es_interface.py
+++ b/complaint_search/es_interface.py
@@ -305,6 +305,14 @@ def search(agg_exclude=None, **kwargs):
             if hit_total and hit_total > user_batch_size:
                 # We have more than one page of results and need pagination
                 pagination_body = copy.deepcopy(body)
+
+                # When determining break points, we don't need to recompute
+                # aggregations, re-highlight, or return result source.
+                pagination_body.pop("aggs", None)
+                pagination_body.pop("highlight", None)
+                pagination_body["_source"] = False
+                pagination_body["track_total_hits"] = False
+
                 # cleaner to get page from frontend, but 'frm' works for now
                 page = params.get("frm", user_batch_size) / user_batch_size
                 pagination_body["size"] = get_pagination_query_size(