diff --git a/docs/_static/js/scorer.js b/docs/_static/js/scorer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f50cb083..0000000000
--- a/docs/_static/js/scorer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-"use-strict";
-
-let queryBeingDone = null;
-let pattern = null;
-
-const escapedRegex = /[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g;
-function escapeRegex(e) {
-  return e.replace(escapedRegex, "\\$&");
-}
-
-// for some reason Sphinx shows some entries twice
-// if something has been scored already I'd rather sort it to the bottom
-const beenScored = new Set();
-
-function __score(haystack, regex) {
-  let match = regex.exec(haystack);
-  if (match == null) {
-    return Number.MAX_VALUE;
-  }
-  let subLength = match[0].length;
-  let start = match.index;
-  return (subLength * 1000 + start) / 1000.0;
-}
-
-// unused for now
-function __cleanNamespaces(query) {
-  return query.replace(/(discord\.(ext\.)?)?(.+)/, "$3");
-}
-
-Scorer = {
-  // Implement the following function to further tweak the score for each result
-  // The function takes a result array [filename, title, anchor, descr, score]
-  // and returns the new score.
-  score: (result) => {
-    // only inflate the score of things that are actual API reference things
-    const [, title, , , score] = result;
-
-    if (pattern !== null && title.startsWith("discord.")) {
-      let _score = __score(title, pattern);
-      if (_score === Number.MAX_VALUE) {
-        return score;
-      }
-      if (beenScored.has(title)) {
-        return 0;
-      }
-      beenScored.add(title);
-      let newScore = 100 + queryBeingDone.length - _score;
-      // console.log(`${title}: ${score} -> ${newScore} (${_score})`);
-      return newScore;
-    }
-    return score;
-  },
-
-  // query matches the full name of an object
-  objNameMatch: 15,
-  // or matches in the last dotted part of the object name
-  objPartialMatch: 11,
-  // Additive scores depending on the priority of the object
-  objPrio: {
-    0: 15, // used to be importantResults
-    1: 7, // used to be objectResults
-    2: -5, // used to be unimportantResults
-  },
-  //  Used when the priority is not in the mapping.
-  objPrioDefault: 0,
-
-  // query found in title
-  title: 15,
-  partialTitle: 7,
-  // query found in terms
-  term: 5,
-  partialTerm: 2,
-};
-
-document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
-  const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-  queryBeingDone = params.get("q");
-  if (queryBeingDone) {
-    let pattern = Array.from(queryBeingDone).map(escapeRegex).join(".*?");
-    pattern = new RegExp(pattern, "i");
-  }
-});
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 372e67c2e6..2e8daf71ee 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def write_new():
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 html_css_files = ["css/custom.css"]
-html_js_files = ["js/custom.js", "js/scorer.js"]
+html_js_files = ["js/custom.js"]
 
 # Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
 # .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def write_new():
 
 # The name of a javascript file (relative to the configuration directory) that
 # implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used.
-html_search_scorer = "_static/js/scorer.js"
+# html_search_scorer = "_static/js/scorer.js"
 
 # html_js_files = ["custom.js", "settings.js", "copy.js", "sidebar.js"]