diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-badQuery.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/search/search-badQuery.ftl
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-<#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
-
-<div class="contents searchFailed">
-    <p class="warning">Your query '${query}' was invalid.  Please modify your search and try again.</p>
-
-    <#include "search-form.ftl">
-</div>
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