diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index 6679695d3..8882d6d22 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -2825,7 +2825,9 @@ class ChatActivity :
             }
 
             val searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.conversation_search)
-            searchItem.isVisible = CapabilitiesUtil.isUnifiedSearchAvailable(spreedCapabilities)
+
+            searchItem.isVisible = CapabilitiesUtil.isUnifiedSearchAvailable(spreedCapabilities) &&
+                currentConversation!!.remoteServer.isNullOrEmpty()
 
             if (currentConversation!!.remoteServer != null ||
                 !CapabilitiesUtil.isSharedItemsAvailable(spreedCapabilities)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/CapabilitiesUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/CapabilitiesUtil.kt
index 7329b085a..0a02bd914 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/CapabilitiesUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/CapabilitiesUtil.kt
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ object CapabilitiesUtil {
     }
 
     fun isUnifiedSearchAvailable(spreedCapabilities: SpreedCapability): Boolean {
-        if (!hasSpreedFeatureCapability(spreedCapabilities, SpreedFeatures.FEDERATION_V1)) {
-            return false
-        }
         return hasSpreedFeatureCapability(spreedCapabilities, SpreedFeatures.UNIFIED_SEARCH)
     }