diff --git a/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css b/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
index c630626620..42c9e80e40 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
+++ b/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ input.send_message {
 }
 
 #searchbox {
+    display: none; /** TEMPORARILY disable this feature **/
     /* Needed because top_statusbar is visibility: hidden
        and we don't want to inherit that */
     visibility: visible;