diff --git a/layouts/partials/search.html b/layouts/partials/search.html
index 9960df53f1..c902dcc5ee 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/search.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/search.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="searchbox">
     <label for="search-by"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></label>
-    <input id="search-by" type="text" placeholder="Search">
+    <input data-search-input id="search-by" type="text" placeholder="Search">
     <span data-search-clear=""><i class="fa fa-close"></i></span>
 </div>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}/js/lunr.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/static/js/learn.js b/static/js/learn.js
index e17e289276..b776ac7ba5 100644
--- a/static/js/learn.js
+++ b/static/js/learn.js
@@ -139,20 +139,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
         $(".highlightable").unhighlight({ element: 'mark' }).highlight(value, { element: 'mark' });
 
         if (ajax && ajax.abort) ajax.abort();
-        ajax = jQuery.ajax({
-            url: input.data('search-input') + ':' + value
-        }).done(function(data) {
-            if (data && data.results && data.results.length) {
-                items.css('display', 'none');
-                $('ul.topics').addClass('searched');
-                data.results.forEach(function(navitem) {
-                    jQuery('[data-nav-id="' + navitem + '"]').css('display', 'block').addClass('search-match');
-                    jQuery('[data-nav-id="' + navitem + '"]').parents('li').css('display', 'block');
-                });
-            }
-            ;
-
-        });
+        
         jQuery('[data-search-clear]').on('click', function() {
             jQuery('[data-search-input]').val('').trigger('input');
             sessionStorage.removeItem('search-input');