diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/search.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/search.js
index 2bcde5f5b73..b444bb78b17 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/search.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/search.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function translateResults(results, opts) {
 
   results.categories = results.categories
     .map(function (category) {
-      Site.current().updateCategory(category);
       return Category.list().findBy("id", category.id || category.model.id);
     })
     .compact();