diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9274dc16d..57c9bb543 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Features added
 * #5841: apidoc: Add --extensions option to sphinx-apidoc
 * #4981: C++, added an alias directive for inserting lists of declarations,
   that references existing declarations (e.g., for making a synopsis).
+* #1341 the HTML search considers words that contain a search term of length
+  three or longer a match.
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 2e9fb1880..8b82147c1 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -1300,13 +1300,6 @@ that use Sphinx's HTMLWriter class.
    * ``dict``  -- the ``jieba`` dictionary path if want to use
      custom dictionary.
 
-.. confval:: html_search_partial_matching
-
-   If true, the HTML search will consider words that contain a search term of
-   length three or longer a match. Default: ``True``.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 2.0
-
 .. confval:: html_search_scorer
 
    The name of a JavaScript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/html.py b/sphinx/builders/html.py
index e93f55cba..b12929e8e 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/html.py
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ class StandaloneHTMLBuilder(Builder):
             'show_copyright': self.config.html_show_copyright,
             'show_sphinx': self.config.html_show_sphinx,
             'has_source': self.config.html_copy_source,
-            'search_partial_matching': self.config.html_search_partial_matching,
             'show_source': self.config.html_show_sourcelink,
             'sourcelink_suffix': self.config.html_sourcelink_suffix,
             'file_suffix': self.out_suffix,
diff --git a/sphinx/config.py b/sphinx/config.py
index 2292d2350..e4087385f 100644
--- a/sphinx/config.py
+++ b/sphinx/config.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class Config:
         'numfig': (False, 'env', []),
         'numfig_secnum_depth': (1, 'env', []),
         'numfig_format': ({}, 'env', []),  # will be initialized in init_numfig_format()
-        'html_search_partial_matching': (True, 'html', []),
 
         'math_number_all': (False, 'env', []),
         'math_eqref_format': (None, 'env', [str]),
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/documentation_options.js_t b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/documentation_options.js_t
index 881918442..66d4bab88 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/documentation_options.js_t
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/documentation_options.js_t
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
     FILE_SUFFIX: '{{ '' if no_search_suffix else file_suffix }}',
     HAS_SOURCE: {{ has_source|lower }},
     SOURCELINK_SUFFIX: '{{ sourcelink_suffix }}',
-    NAVIGATION_WITH_KEYS: {{ 'true' if theme_navigation_with_keys|tobool else 'false'}},
-    PARTIAL_SEARCH_MATCHING: {{ 'true' if search_partial_matching|tobool else 'false'}}
+    NAVIGATION_WITH_KEYS: {{ 'true' if theme_navigation_with_keys|tobool else 'false'}}
 };
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
index c16c11487..f62de7b7c 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/searchtools.js
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ var Search = {
         {files: titleterms[word], score: Scorer.title}
       ];
       // add support for partial matches
-      if (DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS.PARTIAL_SEARCH_MATCHING && word.length > 2) {
+      if (word.length > 2) {
         for (var w in terms) {
           if (w.match(word)) {
             _o.push({files: terms[w], score: Scorer.partialTerm})