diff --git a/browser/components/search/content/searchbar.js b/browser/components/search/content/searchbar.js
index d033c5ca5d3c..b667b0133a14 100644
--- a/browser/components/search/content/searchbar.js
+++ b/browser/components/search/content/searchbar.js
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 
       this._menupopup = null;
       this._pasteAndSearchMenuItem = null;
-      this._suggestMenuItem = null;
 
       this._setupTextboxEventListeners();
       this._initTextbox();
@@ -677,11 +676,6 @@
 
         BrowserSearch.searchBar._textbox.closePopup();
 
-        let suggestEnabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(
-          "browser.search.suggest.enabled"
-        );
-        this._suggestMenuItem.setAttribute("checked", suggestEnabled);
-
         let controller = document.commandDispatcher.getControllerForCommand(
           "cmd_paste"
         );
@@ -854,7 +848,6 @@
         <menuitem label="&selectAllCmd.label;" accesskey="&selectAllCmd.accesskey;" cmd="cmd_selectAll"/>
         <menuseparator/>
         <menuitem class="searchbar-clear-history"/>
-        <menuitem class="searchbar-toggle-suggest" type="checkbox" autocheck="false"/>
       `;
 
       this._menupopup = this.querySelector(".textbox-contextmenu");
@@ -882,16 +875,6 @@
         this._stringBundle.getString("cmd_clearHistory_accesskey")
       );
 
-      this._suggestMenuItem = frag.querySelector(".searchbar-toggle-suggest");
-      this._suggestMenuItem.setAttribute(
-        "label",
-        this._stringBundle.getString("cmd_showSuggestions")
-      );
-      this._suggestMenuItem.setAttribute(
-        "accesskey",
-        this._stringBundle.getString("cmd_showSuggestions_accesskey")
-      );
-
       this._menupopup.appendChild(frag);
 
       this._menupopup.addEventListener("command", event => {
@@ -907,15 +890,6 @@
             );
             this.textbox.value = "";
             break;
-          case this._suggestMenuItem:
-            let enabled = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(
-              "browser.search.suggest.enabled"
-            );
-            Services.prefs.setBoolPref(
-              "browser.search.suggest.enabled",
-              !enabled
-            );
-            break;
           default:
             let cmd = event.originalTarget.getAttribute("cmd");
             if (cmd) {
diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/search.properties b/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/search.properties
index ef1595b9b617..0939c67ff519 100644
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/search.properties
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/chrome/browser/search.properties
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ cmd_pasteAndSearch=Paste & Search
 cmd_clearHistory=Clear Search History
 cmd_clearHistory_accesskey=H
 
-cmd_showSuggestions=Show Suggestions
-cmd_showSuggestions_accesskey=S
-
 # LOCALIZATION NOTE (cmd_addFoundEngine): %S is replaced by the name of
 # a search engine offered by a web page. Each engine is displayed as a
 # menuitem at the bottom of the search panel.