diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index e558301dcb..d0d61d1871 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ my @results;
 
 ## I. BUILD THE QUERY
 ( $error, $search_desc, $koha_query, $federated_query, $query_type ) =
-  buildQuery( $query, \@operators, \@operands, \@indexes, \@limits );
+  buildQuery( \@operators, \@operands, \@indexes, \@limits );
 
 # warn "query : $koha_query";
 ## II. DO THE SEARCH AND GET THE RESULTS