diff --git a/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py b/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
index eb5c77fd02..fddfa5e326 100644
--- a/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
+++ b/course_discovery/apps/edx_elasticsearch_dsl_extensions/viewsets.py
@@ -136,20 +136,11 @@ def get_next_link(self):
         return replace_query_param(url, self.search_after_param, json.dumps(last_item_sort))
 
     def _get_last_item_sort(self):
-        last_item = self.page.object_list[-1] if self.page.object_list else None
-        return list(last_item.meta.sort) if last_item else None
-
-    def get_paginated_response(self, data):
-        """
-        Get paginated response, including search_after value for the next page.
-        """
-        response = super().get_paginated_response(data)
         view = self.request.parser_context.get("view")
         last_item = getattr(view, "last_item", None)
-        search_after = last_item.meta.sort.copy() if last_item else None
-        next_link = response.data.pop("next", None)
-        response.data["next"] = search_after if next_link else None
-        return response
+        last_item = last_item.meta.sort.copy() if last_item else None
+        setattr(view, "last_item", None) # clearing the last_item attribute to prevent it from being used in the next request
+        return last_item
 
 
 class BaseElasticsearchDocumentViewSet(mixins.DetailMixin, mixins.FacetMixin, DocumentViewSet):