diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index cd5983bf6..364b637db 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -294,10 +294,6 @@ AppSearchProvider.prototype = {
         let app = this._appSys.get_app(resultMeta['id']);
         let icon = new AppWellIcon(app);
         return icon.actor;
-    },
-
-    expandSearch: function(terms) {
-        log('TODO expand search');
     }
 };
 
@@ -318,12 +314,6 @@ PrefsSearchProvider.prototype = {
 
     getSubsearchResultSet: function(previousResults, terms) {
         return this._appSys.subsearch(true, previousResults, terms);
-    },
-
-    expandSearch: function(terms) {
-        let controlCenter = this._appSys.load_from_desktop_file('gnomecc.desktop');
-        controlCenter.launch();
-        Main.overview.hide();
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/js/ui/docDisplay.js b/js/ui/docDisplay.js
index 2e77f8c77..85bbdf978 100644
--- a/js/ui/docDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/docDisplay.js
@@ -43,9 +43,5 @@ DocSearchProvider.prototype = {
 
     getSubsearchResultSet: function(previousResults, terms) {
         return this._docManager.subsearch(previousResults, terms);
-    },
-
-    expandSearch: function(terms) {
-        log('TODO expand docs search');
     }
 };
diff --git a/js/ui/search.js b/js/ui/search.js
index ca35341e9..fce586624 100644
--- a/js/ui/search.js
+++ b/js/ui/search.js
@@ -209,17 +209,6 @@ SearchProvider.prototype = {
      */
     activateResult: function(id) {
         throw new Error('Not implemented');
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * expandSearch:
-     *
-     * Called when the user clicks on the header for this
-     * search section.  Should typically launch an external program
-     * displaying search results for that item type.
-     */
-    expandSearch: function(terms) {
-        throw new Error('Not implemented');
     }
 };
 Signals.addSignalMethods(SearchProvider.prototype);
diff --git a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
index ae7bce6a8..552737ec5 100644
--- a/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/searchDisplay.js
@@ -243,13 +243,9 @@ SearchResults.prototype = {
     createProviderMeta: function(provider) {
         let providerBox = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'search-section',
                                              vertical: true });
-        let titleButton = new St.Button({ style_class: 'search-section-header',
-                                          reactive: true,
-                                          x_fill: true,
-                                          y_fill: true });
-        titleButton.connect('clicked', Lang.bind(this, function () { this._onHeaderClicked(provider); }));
-        providerBox.add(titleButton);
-        titleButton.set_child(new St.Label({ text: provider.title }));
+        let title = new St.Label({ style_class: 'search-section-header',
+                                   text: provider.title });
+        providerBox.add(title);
 
         let resultDisplayBin = new St.Bin({ style_class: 'search-section-results',
                                             x_fill: true,
@@ -324,10 +320,6 @@ SearchResults.prototype = {
         return true;
     },
 
-    _onHeaderClicked: function(provider) {
-        provider.expandSearch(this._searchSystem.getTerms());
-    },
-
     _modifyActorSelection: function(resultDisplay, up) {
         let success;
         let index = resultDisplay.getSelectionIndex();