diff --git a/lib/private/Search.php b/lib/private/Search.php
index 17958c8e08..0cfdf24ac9 100644
--- a/lib/private/Search.php
+++ b/lib/private/Search.php
@@ -37,17 +37,6 @@ class Search implements ISearch {
 	private $providers = array();
 	private $registeredProviders = array();
 
-	/**
-	 * Search all providers for $query
-	 * @param string $query
-	 * @param string[] $inApps optionally limit results to the given apps
-	 * @return array An array of OC\Search\Result's
-	 */
-	public function search($query, array $inApps = array()) {
-		// old apps might assume they get all results, so we set size 0
-		return $this->searchPaged($query, $inApps, 1, 0);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Search all providers for $query
 	 * @param string $query
diff --git a/lib/public/ISearch.php b/lib/public/ISearch.php
index 93dc3b9c1f..001c847a9e 100644
--- a/lib/public/ISearch.php
+++ b/lib/public/ISearch.php
@@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ namespace OCP;
  */
 interface ISearch {
 
-	/**
-	 * Search all providers for $query
-	 * @param string $query
-	 * @param string[] $inApps optionally limit results to the given apps
-	 * @return array An array of OCP\Search\Result's
-	 * @deprecated 8.0.0 use searchPaged() with page and size
-	 * @since 7.0.0 - parameter $inApps was added in 8.0.0
-	 */
-	public function search($query, array $inApps = array());
-
 	/**
 	 * Search all providers for $query
 	 * @param string $query