diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
index ca2d4914e..63f13fd45 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class SearchFragment extends BaseListFragment<SearchInfo, ListExtractor.I
 
     private FragmentSearchBinding searchBinding;
 
-    protected View searchToolbarContainer;
+    private View searchToolbarContainer;
     private EditText searchEditText;
     private View searchClear;
 
@@ -171,19 +171,7 @@ public class SearchFragment extends BaseListFragment<SearchInfo, ListExtractor.I
     ArrayList<Integer> userSelectedSortFilterList = null;
 
     public static SearchFragment getInstance(final int serviceId, final String searchString) {
-        final SearchFragment searchFragment;
-        final App app = App.getApp();
-
-
-        final String searchUi = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(app)
-                .getString(app.getString(R.string.search_filter_ui_key),
-                        app.getString(R.string.search_filter_ui_value));
-        if (app.getString(R.string.search_filter_ui_option_menu_legacy_key).equals(searchUi)) {
-            searchFragment = new SearchFragmentLegacy();
-        } else {
-            searchFragment = new SearchFragment();
-        }
-
+        final SearchFragment searchFragment = new SearchFragment();
         searchFragment.setQuery(serviceId, searchString, null, null);
 
         if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(searchString)) {
@@ -679,7 +667,7 @@ public class SearchFragment extends BaseListFragment<SearchInfo, ListExtractor.I
         KeyboardUtil.showKeyboard(activity, searchEditText);
     }
 
-    protected void hideKeyboardSearch() {
+    private void hideKeyboardSearch() {
         if (DEBUG) {
             Log.d(TAG, "hideKeyboardSearch() called");
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragmentLegacy.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragmentLegacy.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cd17900d..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragmentLegacy.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-// Created by evermind-zz 2022, licensed GNU GPL version 3 or later
-
-package org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.search;
-
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.view.Menu;
-import android.view.MenuInflater;
-import android.view.MenuItem;
-import android.view.View;
-
-import org.schabi.newpipe.R;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.StreamingService;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
-import org.schabi.newpipe.fragments.list.search.filter.SearchFilterUIOptionMenu;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
-import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
-import icepick.State;
-
-/**
- * UI that hosts the options menu based filter 'dialog'.
- * <p>
- * Called ..Legacy because of this was the way NewPipe had implemented the search filter dialog.
- * The new UI was implemented using a {@link androidx.fragment.app.DialogFragment}
- * {@link SearchFragment}
- */
-public class SearchFragmentLegacy extends SearchFragment {
-
-    @State
-    protected int countOnPrepareOptionsMenuCalls = 0;
-    private SearchFilterUIOptionMenu searchFilterUi;
-
-    @Override
-    protected void initializeFilterData() {
-        try {
-            final StreamingService service = NewPipe.getService(serviceId);
-
-            searchFilterUi = new SearchFilterUIOptionMenu(service, this, getContext());
-            searchFilterUi.restorePreviouslySelectedFilters(
-                    userSelectedContentFilterList,
-                    userSelectedSortFilterList);
-
-            userSelectedContentFilterList = searchFilterUi.getSelectedContentFilters();
-            userSelectedSortFilterList = searchFilterUi.getSelectedSortFilters();
-            selectedContentFilter = searchFilterUi.getSelectedContentFilterItems();
-            selectedSortFilter = searchFilterUi.getSelectedSortFiltersItems();
-        } catch (final ExtractionException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onSaveInstanceState(@NonNull final Bundle bundle) {
-        // get data to save its state via Icepick
-        userSelectedContentFilterList = searchFilterUi.getSelectedContentFilters();
-        userSelectedSortFilterList = searchFilterUi.getSelectedSortFilters();
-
-        super.onSaveInstanceState(bundle);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void createMenu(@NonNull final Menu menu,
-                              @NonNull final MenuInflater inflater) {
-        searchFilterUi.createSearchUI(menu);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(@NonNull final MenuItem item) {
-        return searchFilterUi.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void initViews(final View rootView,
-                             final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.initViews(rootView, savedInstanceState);
-        final Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) searchToolbarContainer.getParent();
-        toolbar.setOverflowIcon(ContextCompat.getDrawable(requireContext(),
-                R.drawable.ic_sort));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(@NonNull final Menu menu) {
-        super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
-        // workaround: we want to hide the keyboard in case we open the options
-        // menu. As somehow this method gets triggered twice but only the 2nd
-        // time is relevant as the options menu is selected by the user.
-        if (++countOnPrepareOptionsMenuCalls > 1) {
-            hideKeyboardSearch();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 5cc360db7..b0d4294c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -1278,18 +1278,15 @@
 
     <string name="search_filter_ui_dialog_key">dialog</string>
     <string name="search_filter_ui_option_menu_style_key">style</string>
-    <string name="search_filter_ui_option_menu_legacy_key">legacy</string>
 
     <string-array name="search_filter_ui_values">
         <item>@string/search_filter_ui_dialog_key</item>
         <item>@string/search_filter_ui_option_menu_style_key</item>
-        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_option_menu_legacy_key</item>
     </string-array>
 
     <string-array name="search_filter_ui_description">
         <item>@string/search_filter_ui_dialog</item>
         <item>@string/search_filter_ui_style</item>
-        <item>@string/search_filter_ui_legacy</item>
     </string-array>
 
     <string name="tablet_mode_key">tablet_mode</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 5e57bb146..17c5452d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@
     <string name="search_filter_ui">Select Search Filter UI</string>
     <string name="search_filter_ui_dialog">Simple Dialog (default)</string>
     <string name="search_filter_ui_style">Action Menu styled Dialog</string>
-    <string name="search_filter_ui_legacy">Action Menu (legacy)</string>
     <!-- Seekbar Preview Thumbnail-->
     <string name="seekbar_preview_thumbnail_title">Seekbar thumbnail preview</string>
     <string name="high_quality_larger">High quality (larger)</string>