diff --git a/src/requestBuilder.js b/src/requestBuilder.js
index c1ac9f25f..504d684a6 100644
--- a/src/requestBuilder.js
+++ b/src/requestBuilder.js
@@ -118,16 +118,16 @@ var requestBuilder = {
     var numericFilters = requestBuilder._getNumericFilters(state, facet);
     var tagFilters = requestBuilder._getTagFilters(state);
     var additionalParams = {
-      hitsPerPage: 1,
+      hitsPerPage: 0,
       page: 0,
-      attributesToRetrieve: [],
-      attributesToHighlight: [],
-      attributesToSnippet: [],
-      tagFilters: tagFilters,
       analytics: false,
       clickAnalytics: false
     };
 
+    if (tagFilters.length > 0) {
+      additionalParams.tagFilters = tagFilters;
+    }
+
     var hierarchicalFacet = state.getHierarchicalFacetByName(facet);
 
     if (hierarchicalFacet) {
diff --git a/test/spec/requestBuilder.js b/test/spec/requestBuilder.js
index c04a00e79..fc047fbf1 100644
--- a/test/spec/requestBuilder.js
+++ b/test/spec/requestBuilder.js
@@ -125,44 +125,35 @@ test('orders parameters alphabetically in every query', function() {
   }));
   expect(JSON.stringify(queries[1].params)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
     analytics: false,
-    attributesToHighlight: [],
     attributesToRetrieve: ['this is last in parameters, but first in queries'],
-    attributesToSnippet: [],
     clickAnalytics: false,
     facetFilters: [['whatever:item']],
     facets: 'test_disjunctive',
-    hitsPerPage: 1,
+    hitsPerPage: 0,
     numericFilters: ['test_numeric>=10'],
-    page: 0,
-    tagFilters: ''
+    page: 0
   }));
   expect(JSON.stringify(queries[2].params)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
     analytics: false,
-    attributesToHighlight: [],
     attributesToRetrieve: ['this is last in parameters, but first in queries'],
-    attributesToSnippet: [],
     clickAnalytics: false,
     facetFilters: [
       ['test_disjunctive:test_disjunctive_value'],
       ['whatever:item']
     ],
     facets: 'test_numeric',
-    hitsPerPage: 1,
-    page: 0,
-    tagFilters: ''
+    hitsPerPage: 0,
+    page: 0
   }));
   expect(JSON.stringify(queries[3].params)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
     analytics: false,
-    attributesToHighlight: [],
     attributesToRetrieve: ['this is last in parameters, but first in queries'],
-    attributesToSnippet: [],
     clickAnalytics: false,
     facetFilters: [['test_disjunctive:test_disjunctive_value']],
     facets: ['whatever'],
-    hitsPerPage: 1,
+    hitsPerPage: 0,
     numericFilters: ['test_numeric>=10'],
-    page: 0,
-    tagFilters: ''
+    page: 0
   }));
 });