diff --git a/Documentation/user-upload.txt b/Documentation/user-upload.txt
index 2bfc62d..8c51207 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-upload.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-upload.txt
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 To avoid confusion in parsing the git ref, at least the following characters
 must be percent-encoded: " %^@.~-+_:/!". Note that some of the reserved
 characters (like tilde) are not escaped in the standard URL encoding rules,
-so a language-provided function (e.g. encodeURIComponent(), in javascript)
+so a language-provided function (e.g. encodeURIComponent(), in JavaScript)
 might not suffice. To be safest, you might consider percent-encoding all
 non-alphanumeric characters (and all multibyte UTF-8 code points).
 
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar.ts
index ee6948a..17edc19 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   query as queryDec,
 } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import {Shortcut, ShortcutController} from '../../lit/shortcut-controller';
-import {query as queryUtil} from '../../../utils/common-util';
 import {assertIsDefined} from '../../../utils/common-util';
 import {configModelToken} from '../../../models/config/config-model';
 import {resolve} from '../../../models/dependency';
@@ -295,14 +294,6 @@
    */
   private preventDefaultAndNavigateToInputVal(e: Event) {
     e.preventDefault();
-    const target = e.composedPath()[0] as HTMLElement;
-    // If the target is the #searchInput or has a sub-input component, that
-    // is what holds the focus as opposed to the target from the DOM event.
-    if (queryUtil(target, '#input')) {
-      queryUtil<HTMLElement>(target, '#input')!.blur();
-    } else {
-      target.blur();
-    }
     if (!this.inputVal) return;
     const trimmedInput = this.inputVal.trim();
     if (trimmedInput) {
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar_test.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar_test.ts
index f7e8b8e..dbb3db9 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar_test.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/core/gr-search-bar/gr-search-bar_test.ts
@@ -134,26 +134,6 @@
     await promise;
   });
 
-  test('input blurred after commit', async () => {
-    const blurSpy = sinon.spy(
-      queryAndAssert<PaperInputElement>(
-        queryAndAssert<GrAutocomplete>(element, '#searchInput'),
-        '#input'
-      ),
-      'blur'
-    );
-    queryAndAssert<GrAutocomplete>(element, '#searchInput').text = 'fate/stay';
-    await element.updateComplete;
-    pressKey(
-      queryAndAssert<PaperInputElement>(
-        queryAndAssert<GrAutocomplete>(element, '#searchInput'),
-        '#input'
-      ),
-      Key.ENTER
-    );
-    await waitUntil(() => blurSpy.called);
-  });
-
   test('empty search query does not trigger nav', async () => {
     const searchSpy = sinon.spy();
     element.addEventListener('handle-search', searchSpy);