diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
index 6098fc6abd..c9a8050ead 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ class Api::V2::SearchController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def search_params
-    params.permit(:type, :offset, :min_id, :max_id, :account_id)
+    params.permit(:type, :offset, :min_id, :max_id, :account_id, :searchability)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index 94037e8566..85710f63ba 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
     @limit   = limit.to_i
     @offset  = options[:type].blank? ? 0 : options[:offset].to_i
     @resolve = options[:resolve] || false
-    @searchability = options[:searchability] || @account.user&.setting_default_searchability || 'private'
+    @searchability = options[:searchability] || 'public'
 
     default_results.tap do |results|
       next if @query.blank? || @limit.zero?
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
     account_relations   = relations_map_for_account(@account, account_ids, account_domains)  # old name: preloaded_relations
     status_relations    = relations_map_for_status(@account, results)
 
-    results.reject { |status| StatusFilter.new(status, @account, account_relations, status_relations).filtered? }
+    results.reject { |status| StatusFilter.new(status, @account, account_relations).filtered? }
   rescue Faraday::ConnectionFailed, Parslet::ParseFailed
     []
   end
@@ -139,18 +139,6 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
     }
   end
 
-  def relations_map_for_status(account, statuses)
-    presenter = StatusRelationshipsPresenter.new(statuses, account)
-    {
-      reblogs_map: presenter.reblogs_map,
-      favourites_map: presenter.favourites_map,
-      bookmarks_map: presenter.bookmarks_map,
-      emoji_reactions_map: presenter.emoji_reactions_map,
-      mutes_map: presenter.mutes_map,
-      pins_map: presenter.pins_map,
-    }
-  end
-
   def parsed_query
     SearchQueryTransformer.new.apply(SearchQueryParser.new.parse(@query))
   end