diff --git a/sphinx/themes/agogo/layout.html b/sphinx/themes/agogo/layout.html
index f2c880537..f50a2d78f 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/agogo/layout.html
+++ b/sphinx/themes/agogo/layout.html
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@
             <form class="search" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
                 <input type="text" name="q" />
                 <input type="submit" value="{{ _('Go') }}" />
-                <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
-                <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
             </form>
           </div>
           {%- endblock %}
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/opensearch.xml b/sphinx/themes/basic/opensearch.xml
index 03875be49..a750b3041 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/opensearch.xml
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/opensearch.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Description>{% trans docstitle=docstitle|e %}Search {{ docstitle }}{% endtrans %}</Description>
   <InputEncoding>utf-8</InputEncoding>
   <Url type="text/html" method="get"
-       template="{{ use_opensearch }}/{{ pathto('search') }}?q={searchTerms}&amp;check_keywords=yes&amp;area=default"/>
+       template="{{ use_opensearch }}/{{ pathto('search') }}?q={searchTerms}"/>
   <LongName>{{ docstitle|e }}</LongName>
 {% block extra %} {# Put e.g. an <Image> element here. #} {% endblock %}
 </OpenSearchDescription>
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/searchbox.html b/sphinx/themes/basic/searchbox.html
index 506877410..6feaa93e0 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/searchbox.html
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/searchbox.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     <form class="search" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
       <input type="text" name="q" />
       <input type="submit" value="{{ _('Go') }}" />
-      <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
-      <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
     </form>
     </div>
 </div>