diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
index 387ee58d0..7a3dc6d4c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 //= require tinymce-jquery
 //= require jsPlumb-2.0.4-min
 //= require jsnetworkx
-//= require dataTables.noSearchHidden
 //= require bootstrap-select
 //= require_directory ./sitewide
 //= require jquery.dataTables.yadcf
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js.erb
index 8d8093df5..fdcde4a7b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/repository_datatable.js.erb
@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@ var RepositoryDatatable = (function(global) {
     return TABLE;
   }
 
-  // Enables noSearchHidden plugin
-  $.fn.dataTable.defaults.noSearchHidden = true;
-
   function bindExportActions() {
     $('form#form-export').submit(function() {
       var form = this;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/samples/sample_datatable.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/samples/sample_datatable.js.erb
index 1ad1682de..69900eed3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/samples/sample_datatable.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/samples/sample_datatable.js.erb
@@ -271,10 +271,6 @@ setTimeout(function () {
   table.columns.adjust();
 }, 10);
 
-
-// Enables noSearchHidden plugin
-$.fn.dataTable.defaults.noSearchHidden = true;
-
 // Updates "Select all" control in a data table
 function updateDataTableSelectAllCtrl(table) {
     var $table = table.table().node();
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/dataTables.noSearchHidden.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/dataTables.noSearchHidden.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 26aa80cef..000000000
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/dataTables.noSearchHidden.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @summary     NoSearchHidden
- * @description Prevent searching of cells in hidden columns in DataTables
- * @version     1.0.0
- * @file        dataTables.noSearchHidden.js
- * @author      Brian White
- * @contact     github.com/mscdex/dataTables.noSearchHidden
- * @copyright   Copyright 2014 Brian White
- *
- * License      MIT - http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
- *
- * This feature plug-in for DataTables will prevent searching of cells located
- * in hidden columns. This behavior is dynamic, so as column visibility
- * changes, so does the search cache.
- *
- * This feature can be enabled by:
- *
- * * Setting the `noSearchHidden` parameter in the DataTables initialization to
- *   be true
- * * Setting the `noSearchHidden` parameter to be true in the DataTables
- *   defaults (thus causing all tables to have this feature) - i.e.
- *   `$.fn.dataTable.defaults.noSearchHidden = true`.
- *
- */
-
-(function(window, document, $) {
-  // Listen for DataTables initializations
-  $(document).on('init.dt.dth', function(e, settings, json) {
-    //console.log("out");
-    // prevents colision with the slick slider
-    if( settings.hasOwnProperty('unslicked') )  {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (
-      settings.oInit.noSearchHidden                       || // option specified
-      $.fn.dataTable.defaults.noSearchHidden                 // default set
-    ) {
-      //console.log("in");
-      var table = new $.fn.dataTable.Api(settings),
-          aoColumns = table.settings()[0].aoColumns;
-      //console.log(table);
-      table.on('column-visibility.dt.dth', function(e, settings, column, state) {
-        var col = aoColumns[column];
-        col.searchable = col.bSearchable = state;
-        table.rows().invalidate();
-      }).on('destroy', function() {
-        // Remove event handler
-        table.off('column-visibility.dt.dth');
-      });
-    }
-  });
-})(window, document, jQuery);