diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/AddressDisplayHelper.swift b/DuckDuckGo/AddressDisplayHelper.swift
index 0016af4702..16b508bdeb 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/AddressDisplayHelper.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/AddressDisplayHelper.swift
@@ -23,42 +23,12 @@ extension OmniBar {
 
     struct AddressDisplayHelper {
 
-        static func addressForDisplay(url: URL, showsFullURL: Bool) -> NSAttributedString {
-
-            if !showsFullURL, let shortAddress = shortURLString(url) {
-                return NSAttributedString(
-                    string: shortAddress,
-                    attributes: [.foregroundColor: ThemeManager.shared.currentTheme.searchBarTextColor])
-            } else {
-                return deemphasisePath(forUrl: url)
-            }
-        }
-
-        static func deemphasisePath(forUrl url: URL) -> NSAttributedString {
-
-            let s = url.absoluteString
-            let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: s)
-            guard let c = URLComponents(url: url, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true) else {
-                return attributedString
-            }
-
-            let theme = ThemeManager.shared.currentTheme
-
-            if let pathStart = c.rangeOfPath?.lowerBound {
-                let urlEnd = s.endIndex
-
-                let pathRange = NSRange(pathStart ..< urlEnd, in: s)
-                attributedString.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: theme.searchBarTextDeemphasisColor, range: pathRange)
-
-                let domainRange = NSRange(s.startIndex ..< pathStart, in: s)
-                attributedString.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: theme.searchBarTextColor, range: domainRange)
-
-            } else {
-                let range = NSRange(s.startIndex ..< s.endIndex, in: s)
-                attributedString.addAttribute(.foregroundColor, value: theme.searchBarTextColor, range: range)
+        static func addressForDisplay(url: URL, showsFullURL: Bool) -> String {
+            guard !showsFullURL, let shortAddress = shortURLString(url) else {
+                return url.absoluteString
             }
 
-            return attributedString
+            return shortAddress
         }
 
         /// Creates a string containing a short version the http(s) URL.
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/OmniBar.swift b/DuckDuckGo/OmniBar.swift
index ec5969f657..4a3bc54fd0 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/OmniBar.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/OmniBar.swift
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class OmniBar: UIView {
         if let query = url.searchQuery {
             textField.text = query
         } else {
-            textField.attributedText = AddressDisplayHelper.addressForDisplay(url: url, showsFullURL: textField.isEditing || forceFullURL)
+            textField.text = AddressDisplayHelper.addressForDisplay(url: url, showsFullURL: textField.isEditing || forceFullURL)
         }
     }
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ extension OmniBar: Themable {
         searchStackContainer?.tintColor = theme.barTintColor
         
         if let url = textField.text.flatMap({ URL(trimmedAddressBarString: $0.trimmingWhitespace()) }) {
-            textField.attributedText = AddressDisplayHelper.addressForDisplay(url: url, showsFullURL: textField.isEditing)
+            textField.text = AddressDisplayHelper.addressForDisplay(url: url, showsFullURL: textField.isEditing)
         }
         textField.textColor = theme.searchBarTextColor
         textField.tintColor = UIColor(designSystemColor: .accent)
diff --git a/DuckDuckGoTests/AddressDisplayHelperTests.swift b/DuckDuckGoTests/AddressDisplayHelperTests.swift
index 7894c758f0..c4122c4f20 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGoTests/AddressDisplayHelperTests.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGoTests/AddressDisplayHelperTests.swift
@@ -23,44 +23,6 @@ class AddressDisplayHelperTests: XCTestCase {
 
     private typealias AddressHelper = OmniBar.AddressDisplayHelper
 
-    func testDeemphasisePathDoesNotCrash() {
-        
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "example.com")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "example.com")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "a/b")!)
-
-        testWith(prefix: "http:///") // crashes but we don't allow it anyway
-        testWith(prefix: "http://localhost")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://localhost/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com/path")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com/path/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://user:password@example.com/path/")
-        
-        testWith(prefix: "http://localhost:8080")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://localhost:8080/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com:8080")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com:8080/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com:8080/path")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://example.com:8080/path/")
-        testWith(prefix: "http://user:password@example.com:8080/path/")
-
-    }
-
-    private func testWith(prefix: String) {
-        
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: prefix)!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)#")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)#/fragment")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)?")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)?x=1")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)?x=1&")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)?x=1&y=1")!)
-        _ = AddressHelper.deemphasisePath(forUrl: URL(string: "\(prefix)?x=1&y=1,2")!)
-
-    }
-
     func testShortURL() {
 
         XCTAssertEqual(AddressHelper.shortURLString(URL(string: "https://www.duckduckgo.com")!), "duckduckgo.com")
@@ -82,18 +44,18 @@ class AddressDisplayHelperTests: XCTestCase {
     func testShortensURLWhenShortVersionExpected() {
         let addressForDisplay = AddressHelper.addressForDisplay(url: URL(string: "http://some.domain.eu/with/path")!, showsFullURL: false)
 
-        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay.string, "some.domain.eu")
+        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay, "some.domain.eu")
     }
 
     func testDoesNotShortenURLWhenFullVersionExpected() {
         let addressForDisplay = AddressHelper.addressForDisplay(url: URL(string: "http://some.domain.eu/with/path")!, showsFullURL: true)
 
-        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay.string, "http://some.domain.eu/with/path")
+        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay, "http://some.domain.eu/with/path")
     }
 
     func testFallsBackToLongURLWhenCannotProduceShortURL() {
         let addressForDisplay = AddressHelper.addressForDisplay(url: URL(string: "file:///some/path")!, showsFullURL: false)
 
-        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay.string, "file:///some/path")
+        XCTAssertEqual(addressForDisplay, "file:///some/path")
     }
 }