diff --git a/dev/scss/header/searchbar.scss b/dev/scss/header/searchbar.scss
index 37d7d69..bd9a9c3 100644
--- a/dev/scss/header/searchbar.scss
+++ b/dev/scss/header/searchbar.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
   margin: 0;
   margin-bottom: 3px;
   display: block;
+
+  &::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
+    display: none;
+  }
 }
 
 header input {
diff --git a/templates/partial/header.html.ep b/templates/partial/header.html.ep
index 682b365..8213e0a 100644
--- a/templates/partial/header.html.ep
+++ b/templates/partial/header.html.ep
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   </div>
   <form autocomplete="off" action="<%= url_for 'index' %>" id="searchform">
     <div id="searchbar">
-      %= search_field 'q', id => 'q-field', autofocus => 'autofocus', placeholder => loc('searchplaceholder'), spellcheck => 'false', autocomplete => 'corpus-query', autocorrect => 'off', autocapitalize => 'off'
+      %= search_field 'q', id => 'q-field', autofocus => 'autofocus', placeholder => loc('searchplaceholder'), spellcheck => 'false', autocomplete => 'off', autocorrect => 'off', autocapitalize => 'off'
       <button type="submit" title="<%= loc 'go' %>"><span><%= loc 'go' %></span></button>
     </div>