diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/NavigationBar/View/AddressBarTextField.swift b/DuckDuckGo/NavigationBar/View/AddressBarTextField.swift
index ba01ba7606..2f8c5c7c8b 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/NavigationBar/View/AddressBarTextField.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/NavigationBar/View/AddressBarTextField.swift
@@ -260,23 +260,7 @@ final class AddressBarTextField: NSTextField {
             return
         }
 
-        var url = providedUrl
-
-        // keep current search mode
-        if url.isDuckDuckGoSearch,
-           let oldURL = selectedTabViewModel.tab.content.url,
-            oldURL.isDuckDuckGoSearch {
-            if let ia = oldURL.getParameter(named: URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.ia.rawValue) {
-                url = url.removingParameters(named: [URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.ia.rawValue])
-                    .appendingParameter(name: URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.ia.rawValue, value: ia)
-            }
-            if let iax = oldURL.getParameter(named: URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.iax.rawValue) {
-                url = url.removingParameters(named: [URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.iax.rawValue])
-                    .appendingParameter(name: URL.DuckDuckGoParameters.iax.rawValue, value: iax)
-            }
-        }
-
-        selectedTabViewModel.tab.setUrl(url, userEntered: userEnteredValue)
+        selectedTabViewModel.tab.setUrl(providedUrl, userEntered: userEnteredValue)
 
         self.window?.makeFirstResponder(nil)
     }