diff --git a/src/components/ActionBar/SearchInput.js b/src/components/ActionBar/SearchInput.js
index d0a9e17f5..c5de7c917 100644
--- a/src/components/ActionBar/SearchInput.js
+++ b/src/components/ActionBar/SearchInput.js
@@ -16,22 +16,10 @@ import { isBrowser } from '../../utils/is-browser';
 import { localizePath } from '../../utils/locale';
 import { reportAnalytics } from '../../utils/report-analytics';
 import { searchIconStyling, searchInputStyling, StyledInputContainer, StyledSearchBoxRef } from './styles';
-import { ShortcutIcon, SparkleIcon } from './SparkIcon';
 
 export const PLACEHOLDER_TEXT = `Search MongoDB Docs`;
 const PLACEHOLDER_TEXT_MOBILE = 'Search';
 
-export const SEARCH_SUGGESTIONS = [
-  {
-    copy: 'Search',
-  },
-  {
-    copy: 'Ask MongoDB AI',
-    icon: <SparkleIcon glyph={'Sparkle'} />,
-    shortcutIcon: <ShortcutIcon width={30} height={18} />,
-  },
-];
-
 const SearchInput = ({ className, slug }) => {
   const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState('');
   const searchBoxRef = useRef();
@@ -116,7 +104,7 @@ const SearchInput = ({ className, slug }) => {
     <StyledInputContainer className={cx(className)} mobileSearchActive={mobileSearchActive}>
       <StyledSearchBoxRef ref={searchBoxRef}>
         <LGSearchInput
-          aria-label="Search MongoDB Docs"
+          aria-label={PLACEHOLDER_TEXT}
           className={searchInputStyling({ mobileSearchActive })}
           value={searchValue}
           placeholder={isMobile ? PLACEHOLDER_TEXT_MOBILE : PLACEHOLDER_TEXT}
@@ -148,7 +136,7 @@ const SearchInput = ({ className, slug }) => {
       )}
       {!mobileSearchActive && (
         <IconButton
-          aria-label="Search MongoDB Docs"
+          aria-label={PLACEHOLDER_TEXT}
           className={searchIconStyling}
           onClick={() => {
             setMobileSearchActive((state) => !state);
diff --git a/src/components/ActionBar/styles.js b/src/components/ActionBar/styles.js
index 502b1a2f0..75c26c135 100644
--- a/src/components/ActionBar/styles.js
+++ b/src/components/ActionBar/styles.js
@@ -253,30 +253,6 @@ export const searchIconStyling = css`
   justify-content: right;
 `;
 
-// using content before/after to prevent event bubbling up from lg/search-input/search-result
-// package above gets all text inside node, and sets the value of Input node of all text within search result:
-// https://github.com/mongodb/leafygreen-ui/blob/%40leafygreen-ui/search-input%402.1.4/packages/search-input/src/SearchInput/SearchInput.tsx#L149-L155
-export const suggestionStyling = ({ copy }) => css`
-  & > div:before {
-    content: '${copy} "';
-  }
-
-  & > div:after {
-    content: '"';
-  }
-
-  svg:first-of-type {
-    float: left;
-    margin-right: ${theme.size.tiny};
-  }
-
-  padding: ${theme.fontSize.tiny} ${theme.size.medium};
-
-  svg:last-of-type {
-    float: right;
-  }
-`;
-
 export const offlineStyling = css`
   @media ${theme.screenSize.largeAndUp} {
     display: none;