diff --git a/src/ui/articleview.cc b/src/ui/articleview.cc
index 08318145..182d6135 100644
--- a/src/ui/articleview.cc
+++ b/src/ui/articleview.cc
@@ -2166,9 +2166,6 @@ void ArticleView::performFtsFindOperation( bool backwards )
 
   QWebEnginePage::FindFlags flags( 0 );
 
-  if ( ftsSearchMatchCase )
-    flags |= QWebEnginePage::FindCaseSensitively;
-
   if ( backwards ) {
 #if ( QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK( 6, 0, 0 ) )
     webview->findText( firstAvailableText,
diff --git a/src/ui/articleview.hh b/src/ui/articleview.hh
index f5f620a6..173c2941 100644
--- a/src/ui/articleview.hh
+++ b/src/ui/articleview.hh
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ class ArticleView: public QWidget
   QString firstAvailableText;
   QStringList uniqueMatches;
 
-  bool ftsSearchMatchCase = false;
-
   QString delayedHighlightText;
 
   void highlightFTSResults();