diff --git a/core/in-memory-accumulo/src/main/java/datawave/accumulo/inmemory/InMemoryTableOperations.java b/core/in-memory-accumulo/src/main/java/datawave/accumulo/inmemory/InMemoryTableOperations.java
index 7c879b2305d..628df0b460c 100644
--- a/core/in-memory-accumulo/src/main/java/datawave/accumulo/inmemory/InMemoryTableOperations.java
+++ b/core/in-memory-accumulo/src/main/java/datawave/accumulo/inmemory/InMemoryTableOperations.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Key;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Mutation;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Range;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.TableId;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.TabletId;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Value;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.dataImpl.KeyExtent;
@@ -77,8 +78,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import datawave.accumulo.inmemory.impl.InMemoryTabletLocator;
-
 public class InMemoryTableOperations extends TableOperationsHelper {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InMemoryTableOperations.class);
     private static final byte[] ZERO = {0};
@@ -560,11 +559,15 @@ public SamplerConfiguration getSamplerConfiguration(String tableName) throws Tab
     @Override
     public Locations locate(String tableName, Collection<Range> ranges) throws AccumuloException, AccumuloSecurityException, TableNotFoundException {
         Map<String,Map<KeyExtent,List<Range>>> binnedRanges = new HashMap<>();
-        InMemoryTabletLocator locator = new InMemoryTabletLocator();
-        List<Range> ignore = locator.binRanges(null, new ArrayList<>(ranges), binnedRanges);
+        List<Range> ignore = binRanges(new ArrayList<>(ranges), binnedRanges);
         return new LocationsImpl(binnedRanges);
     }
 
+    private List<Range> binRanges(ArrayList<Range> ranges, Map<String,Map<KeyExtent,List<Range>>> binnedRanges) {
+        binnedRanges.put("", Collections.singletonMap(new KeyExtent(TableId.of(""), null, null), ranges));
+        return Collections.emptyList();
+    }
+
     private static class LocationsImpl implements Locations {
 
         private Map<Range,List<TabletId>> groupedByRanges;