diff --git a/docs/changelog/111758.yaml b/docs/changelog/111758.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c95cdf48bc8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/111758.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 111758
+summary: Revert "Avoid bucket copies in Aggs"
+area: Aggregations
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 111679
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalAggregations.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalAggregations.java
index 297bb81b27b25..4f234c33b13a6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalAggregations.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalAggregations.java
@@ -226,34 +226,11 @@ public static InternalAggregations topLevelReduce(List<InternalAggregations> agg
         }
         if (context.isFinalReduce()) {
             List<InternalAggregation> reducedInternalAggs = reduced.getInternalAggregations();
-            List<InternalAggregation> internalAggregations = null;
-            for (int i = 0; i < reducedInternalAggs.size(); i++) {
-                InternalAggregation agg = reducedInternalAggs.get(i);
-                InternalAggregation internalAggregation = agg.reducePipelines(
-                    agg,
-                    context,
-                    context.pipelineTreeRoot().subTree(agg.getName())
-                );
-                if (internalAggregation.equals(agg) == false) {
-                    if (internalAggregations == null) {
-                        internalAggregations = new ArrayList<>(reducedInternalAggs);
-                    }
-                    internalAggregations.set(i, internalAggregation);
-                }
-            }
+            reducedInternalAggs = reducedInternalAggs.stream()
+                .map(agg -> agg.reducePipelines(agg, context, context.pipelineTreeRoot().subTree(agg.getName())))
+                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
 
-            var pipelineAggregators = context.pipelineTreeRoot().aggregators();
-            if (pipelineAggregators.isEmpty()) {
-                if (internalAggregations == null) {
-                    return reduced;
-                }
-                return from(internalAggregations);
-            }
-            if (internalAggregations != null) {
-                reducedInternalAggs = internalAggregations;
-            }
-            reducedInternalAggs = new ArrayList<>(reducedInternalAggs);
-            for (PipelineAggregator pipelineAggregator : pipelineAggregators) {
+            for (PipelineAggregator pipelineAggregator : context.pipelineTreeRoot().aggregators()) {
                 SiblingPipelineAggregator sib = (SiblingPipelineAggregator) pipelineAggregator;
                 InternalAggregation newAgg = sib.doReduce(from(reducedInternalAggs), context);
                 reducedInternalAggs.add(newAgg);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalMultiBucketAggregation.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalMultiBucketAggregation.java
index e046b5fc9244c..de19c26daff92 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalMultiBucketAggregation.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/InternalMultiBucketAggregation.java
@@ -207,31 +207,16 @@ public void forEachBucket(Consumer<InternalAggregations> consumer) {
     }
 
     private List<B> reducePipelineBuckets(AggregationReduceContext reduceContext, PipelineTree pipelineTree) {
-        List<B> reducedBuckets = null;
-        var buckets = getBuckets();
-        for (int bucketIndex = 0; bucketIndex < buckets.size(); bucketIndex++) {
-            B bucket = buckets.get(bucketIndex);
-            List<InternalAggregation> aggs = null;
-            int aggIndex = 0;
-            for (InternalAggregation agg : bucket.getAggregations()) {
+        List<B> reducedBuckets = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (B bucket : getBuckets()) {
+            List<InternalAggregation> aggs = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Aggregation agg : bucket.getAggregations()) {
                 PipelineTree subTree = pipelineTree.subTree(agg.getName());
-                var reduced = agg.reducePipelines(agg, reduceContext, subTree);
-                if (reduced.equals(agg) == false) {
-                    if (aggs == null) {
-                        aggs = bucket.getAggregations().copyResults();
-                    }
-                    aggs.set(aggIndex, reduced);
-                }
-                aggIndex++;
-            }
-            if (aggs != null) {
-                if (reducedBuckets == null) {
-                    reducedBuckets = new ArrayList<>(buckets);
-                }
-                reducedBuckets.set(bucketIndex, createBucket(InternalAggregations.from(aggs), bucket));
+                aggs.add(((InternalAggregation) agg).reducePipelines((InternalAggregation) agg, reduceContext, subTree));
             }
+            reducedBuckets.add(createBucket(InternalAggregations.from(aggs), bucket));
         }
-        return reducedBuckets == null ? buckets : reducedBuckets;
+        return reducedBuckets;
     }
 
     public abstract static class InternalBucket implements Bucket, Writeable {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/AbstractHistogramAggregator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/AbstractHistogramAggregator.java
index 04028de5656ca..62b7a0747ca00 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/AbstractHistogramAggregator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/AbstractHistogramAggregator.java
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ public InternalAggregation[] buildAggregations(long[] owningBucketOrds) throws I
             double key = roundKey * interval + offset;
             return new InternalHistogram.Bucket(key, docCount, keyed, formatter, subAggregationResults);
         }, (owningBucketOrd, buckets) -> {
-            if (buckets.isEmpty()) {
-                return buildEmptyAggregation();
-            }
             // the contract of the histogram aggregation is that shards must return buckets ordered by key in ascending order
             CollectionUtil.introSort(buckets, BucketOrder.key(true).comparator());
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/DateHistogramAggregator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/DateHistogramAggregator.java
index cb01aa5a31a9a..2c57bd4b38a04 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/DateHistogramAggregator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/DateHistogramAggregator.java
@@ -340,9 +340,6 @@ public InternalAggregation[] buildAggregations(long[] owningBucketOrds) throws I
         return buildAggregationsForVariableBuckets(owningBucketOrds, bucketOrds, (bucketValue, docCount, subAggregationResults) -> {
             return new InternalDateHistogram.Bucket(bucketValue, docCount, keyed, formatter, subAggregationResults);
         }, (owningBucketOrd, buckets) -> {
-            if (buckets.isEmpty()) {
-                return buildEmptyAggregation();
-            }
             // the contract of the histogram aggregation is that shards must return buckets ordered by key in ascending order
             CollectionUtil.introSort(buckets, BucketOrder.key(true).comparator());
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/InternalHistogram.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/InternalHistogram.java
index 2404de76fdd35..e27a09802d6c4 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/InternalHistogram.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/histogram/InternalHistogram.java
@@ -259,17 +259,11 @@ BucketOrder getOrder() {
 
     @Override
     public InternalHistogram create(List<Bucket> buckets) {
-        if (this.buckets.equals(buckets)) {
-            return this;
-        }
         return new InternalHistogram(name, buckets, order, minDocCount, emptyBucketInfo, format, keyed, metadata);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Bucket createBucket(InternalAggregations aggregations, Bucket prototype) {
-        if (prototype.aggregations.equals(aggregations)) {
-            return prototype;
-        }
         return new Bucket(prototype.key, prototype.docCount, prototype.keyed, prototype.format, aggregations);
     }
 
@@ -456,9 +450,6 @@ public InternalAggregation get() {
                         CollectionUtil.introSort(reducedBuckets, order.comparator());
                     }
                 }
-                if (reducedBuckets.equals(buckets)) {
-                    return InternalHistogram.this;
-                }
                 return new InternalHistogram(getName(), reducedBuckets, order, minDocCount, emptyBucketInfo, format, keyed, getMetadata());
             }
         };
@@ -504,9 +495,14 @@ public Number getKey(MultiBucketsAggregation.Bucket bucket) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
     public InternalAggregation createAggregation(List<MultiBucketsAggregation.Bucket> buckets) {
-        return new InternalHistogram(name, (List) buckets, order, minDocCount, emptyBucketInfo, format, keyed, getMetadata());
+        // convert buckets to the right type
+        List<Bucket> buckets2 = new ArrayList<>(buckets.size());
+        for (Object b : buckets) {
+            buckets2.add((Bucket) b);
+        }
+        buckets2 = Collections.unmodifiableList(buckets2);
+        return new InternalHistogram(name, buckets2, order, minDocCount, emptyBucketInfo, format, keyed, getMetadata());
     }
 
     @Override