diff --git a/data/url/url.js b/data/url/url.js
index c7234ca3..9b34c8bb 100644
--- a/data/url/url.js
+++ b/data/url/url.js
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ var makeAjax = function ( ajaxOb, data, type, ajax, contentType, reqOptions ) {
 		canReflect.assignMap(params.data || {}, data) : data;
 
 	// Substitute in data for any templated parts of the URL.
-	params.url = replaceWith(params.url, params.data, urlParamEncoder, true);
+	params.url = replaceWith(params.url, params.data, urlParamEncoder, reqOptions.shouldRemoveMatchedPaths !== false);
 	params.contentType = contentType;
 
 	if(reqOptions.includeData === false) {