diff --git a/app/javascript/js/controllers/search_controller.js b/app/javascript/js/controllers/search_controller.js
index 3ece78b66..d8d160692 100644
--- a/app/javascript/js/controllers/search_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/js/controllers/search_controller.js
@@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ export default class extends Controller {
       this.updateFieldAttribute(this.hiddenIdTarget, 'value', item._id)
       this.updateFieldAttribute(this.buttonTarget, 'value', this.removeHTMLTags(item._label))
 
-      document.querySelector('.aa-DetachedOverlay').remove()
-
       if (this.hasClearButtonTarget) {
         this.clearButtonTarget.classList.remove('hidden')
       }