diff --git a/service.inc b/service.inc
index 9d81221..fdcb85b 100644
--- a/service.inc
+++ b/service.inc
@@ -470,7 +470,10 @@ class SearchApiSolrService extends SearchApiAbstractService {
     $index_fields = $index->getFields();
     $qf = array();
     foreach ($search_fields as $f) {
-      $boost = isset($index_fields[$f]['boost']) ? '^' . $index_fields[$f]['boost'] : '';
+      $boost = '';
+      if ($this->request_handler != 'standard') {
+        $boost = isset($index_fields[$f]['boost']) ? '^' . $index_fields[$f]['boost'] : '';
+      }
       $qf[] = $fields[$f] . $boost;
     }