diff --git a/testing/regress/ecl/common/SoapTextTest.ecl b/testing/regress/ecl/common/SoapTextTest.ecl
index 9fa27b17cc9..afb91f99709 100644
--- a/testing/regress/ecl/common/SoapTextTest.ecl
+++ b/testing/regress/ecl/common/SoapTextTest.ecl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import ^ as root;
 multiPart := #IFDEFINED(root.multiPart, true);
 variant := #IFDEFINED(root.variant, '');
-useSoapCall := #IFDEFINED(root.useSoapcall, false);
+
 //--- end of version configuration ---
 
 import $.^.setup;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ EXPORT SoapTextTest := MODULE
 
     EXPORT doMain(string serviceUrl, string searchWords, unsigned documentLimit) := FUNCTION
 
-        soapcallDocumentCount(string searchWord) := SOAPCALL(serviceUrl, 'soaptest_getdocumentcount', { STRING search := searchWord }, countServiceResponse).cnt;
+        soapcallDocumentCount(string searchWord) := SOAPCALL(serviceUrl, 'soaptest_getdocumentcount', countServiceRequest, transform(countServiceRequest, SELF.search := searchWord), countServiceResponse).cnt;
         callDocumentCount(string search) := IF((serviceUrl != ''), soapcallDocumentCount(search), doDocumentCount(search));
 
         soapcallSearchWords(DATASET(wordRec) searchWords) := SOAPCALL(serviceUrl, 'soaptest_getsearchwords', { DATASET(wordRec) search := searchWords }, DATASET(joinServiceResponseRecord));