diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
index db94cff6..81bda91e 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
@@ -4217,7 +4217,7 @@ void MainWindow::showFullTextSearchDialog()
 {
   if ( !ftsDlg ) {
     ftsDlg = new FTS::FullTextSearchDialog( this, cfg, dictionaries, groupInstances, ftsIndexing );
-    ftsDlg->setSearchText( translateLine->text() );
+    // ftsDlg->setSearchText( translateLine->text() );
 
     addGlobalActionsToDialog( ftsDlg );
     addGroupComboBoxActionsToDialog( ftsDlg, groupList );