diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/search.rs b/src/frontend/gui/search.rs
index d7bb9577f..072000f36 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/search.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/search.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::frontend::gui::termwindow::TermWindow;
 use crate::mux::domain::DomainId;
 use crate::mux::renderable::*;
-use crate::mux::tab::{Pattern, SearchDirection, SearchResult};
+use crate::mux::tab::{Pattern, SearchResult};
 use crate::mux::tab::{Tab, TabId};
 use portable_pty::PtySize;
 use rangeset::RangeSet;
@@ -190,12 +190,7 @@ impl Tab for SearchOverlay {
         self.delegate.erase_scrollback()
     }
 
-    fn search(
-        &self,
-        _row: StableRowIndex,
-        _direction: SearchDirection,
-        _pattern: &Pattern,
-    ) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
+    fn search(&self, _pattern: &Pattern) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
         // You can't search the search bar
         vec![]
     }
@@ -297,11 +292,7 @@ impl SearchRenderable {
         self.dirty_results.add(bar_pos);
 
         if !self.pattern.is_empty() {
-            self.results = self.delegate.search(
-                bar_pos + 1,
-                SearchDirection::Backwards,
-                &Pattern::String(self.pattern.clone()),
-            );
+            self.results = self.delegate.search(&Pattern::String(self.pattern.clone()));
             self.results.sort();
 
             self.recompute_results();
diff --git a/src/localtab.rs b/src/localtab.rs
index 0e715ecbe..382edb427 100644
--- a/src/localtab.rs
+++ b/src/localtab.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::mux::domain::DomainId;
 use crate::mux::renderable::Renderable;
 use crate::mux::tab::{alloc_tab_id, Tab, TabId};
-use crate::mux::tab::{Pattern, SearchDirection, SearchResult};
+use crate::mux::tab::{Pattern, SearchResult};
 use anyhow::Error;
 use portable_pty::{Child, MasterPty, PtySize};
 use std::cell::{RefCell, RefMut};
@@ -104,12 +104,7 @@ impl Tab for LocalTab {
         self.terminal.borrow().get_current_dir().cloned()
     }
 
-    fn search(
-        &self,
-        _row: StableRowIndex,
-        _direction: SearchDirection,
-        pattern: &Pattern,
-    ) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
+    fn search(&self, pattern: &Pattern) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
         let term = self.terminal.borrow();
         let screen = term.screen();
 
diff --git a/src/mux/tab.rs b/src/mux/tab.rs
index 3bd172a8f..b3b7e5ee0 100644
--- a/src/mux/tab.rs
+++ b/src/mux/tab.rs
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ pub enum Pattern {
     // Regex(regex::Regex),
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub enum SearchDirection {
-    Backwards,
-    //    Forwards,
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct SearchResult {
     pub start_y: StableRowIndex,
@@ -80,20 +74,10 @@ pub trait Tab: Downcast {
 
     fn erase_scrollback(&self) {}
 
-    /// Performs a search relative to the specified stable row index.
-    /// if direction is Backwards then the search proceeds to smaller
-    /// values of StableRowIndex.  Forwards towards larger values.
-    /// If the result is empty then there are no matches in the specified
-    /// direction.
-    /// Otherwise, the result shall contain at least as many matches will
-    /// be visible in the current viewport, starting from the first match.
-    /// It may return matches outside that range.
-    fn search(
-        &self,
-        _row: StableRowIndex,
-        _direction: SearchDirection,
-        _pattern: &Pattern,
-    ) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
+    /// Performs a search.
+    /// If the result is empty then there are no matches.
+    /// Otherwise, the result shall contain all possible matches.
+    fn search(&self, _pattern: &Pattern) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
         vec![]
     }