diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-search/gnc-general-search.c b/gnucash/gnome-search/gnc-general-search.c
index deed452875..8e4ab873a2 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-search/gnc-general-search.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-search/gnc-general-search.c
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ create_children (GNCGeneralSearch *gsl,
     completion = gtk_entry_completion_new();
     gtk_entry_completion_set_model(completion, GTK_TREE_MODEL(list_store));
     gtk_entry_completion_set_text_column(completion, 0);
-    gtk_entry_completion_set_inline_completion(completion, TRUE);
     gtk_entry_set_completion(GTK_ENTRY(gsl->entry), completion);
 
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (completion), "match_selected",
diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
index f8bcaea1c5..2dca606f59 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-gtk-utils.c
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ gnc_cbwe_add_completion (GtkComboBox *cbwe)
     model = gtk_combo_box_get_model(GTK_COMBO_BOX(cbwe));
     gtk_entry_completion_set_model(completion, model);
     gtk_entry_completion_set_text_column(completion, 0);
-    gtk_entry_completion_set_inline_completion(completion, TRUE);
     gtk_entry_set_completion(entry, completion);
     g_object_unref(completion);
 }