diff --git a/zephyr/static/js/search.js b/zephyr/static/js/search.js
index 214c401892..eb2aed5fea 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/js/search.js
+++ b/zephyr/static/js/search.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ var cached_table = $('table.focused_table');
 var current_search_term;
 
 // Data storage for the typeahead -- to go from object to string representation and vice versa.
-var labels = [];
-var mapped = {}; // to be deprecated
 var search_object = {};
 
 function get_query(obj) {
@@ -97,11 +95,6 @@ function get_label(obj) {
     }
 }
 
-exports.update_typeahead = function () {
-    mapped = {};
-    labels = []; // deprecated
-};
-
 function narrow_or_search_for_term(item) {
     var search_query_box = $("#search_query");
     var obj = search_object[item];
diff --git a/zephyr/static/js/typeahead_helper.js b/zephyr/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
index 3d92c4f1f7..389b5cf6aa 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
+++ b/zephyr/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ exports.autocomplete_needs_update = function (needs_update) {
 };
 
 exports.update_autocomplete = function () {
-    search.update_typeahead();
     autocomplete_needs_update = false;
 };