diff --git a/ts/components/SearchResults.tsx b/ts/components/SearchResults.tsx
index 233f8d13f..e7bf21c01 100644
--- a/ts/components/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { PropsForSearchResults } from '../state/ducks/conversations';
 import {
   ConversationListItemProps,
   MemoConversationListItemWithDetails,
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ export type SearchResultsProps = {
   contacts: Array<ConversationListItemProps>;
   conversations: Array<ConversationListItemProps>;
   hideMessagesHeader: boolean;
-  messages: Array<PropsForSearchResults>;
   searchTerm: string;
 };
 
@@ -25,12 +23,11 @@ const ContactsItem = (props: { header: string; items: Array<ConversationListItem
 };
 
 export const SearchResults = (props: SearchResultsProps) => {
-  const { conversations, contacts, messages, searchTerm } = props;
+  const { conversations, contacts, searchTerm } = props;
 
   const haveConversations = conversations && conversations.length;
   const haveContacts = contacts && contacts.length;
-  const haveMessages = messages && messages.length;
-  const noResults = !haveConversations && !haveContacts && !haveMessages;
+  const noResults = !haveConversations && !haveContacts;
 
   return (
     <div className="module-search-results">
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index 62bcf14e9..92210b393 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
         (m: any) => m.get('received_at') > newestUnreadDate
       );
       const ourNumber = UserUtils.getOurPubKeyStrFromCache();
-      return !stillUnread.some(m => m.getPropsForMessage()?.text?.indexOf(`@${ourNumber}`) !== -1);
+      return !stillUnread.some(m => m.get('body')?.indexOf(`@${ourNumber}`) !== -1);
     })();
 
     if (mentionRead) {
diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index 016c830a2..67341cd22 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import {
   PropsForGroupUpdateName,
   PropsForGroupUpdateRemove,
   PropsForMessageWithoutConvoProps,
-  PropsForSearchResults,
 } from '../state/ducks/conversations';
 import { VisibleMessage } from '../session/messages/outgoing/visibleMessage/VisibleMessage';
 import { buildSyncMessage } from '../session/utils/syncUtils';
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
     perfStart(`getPropsMessage-${this.id}`);
     const messageProps: MessageModelPropsWithoutConvoProps = {
       propsForMessage: this.getPropsForMessage(),
-      propsForSearchResult: this.getPropsForSearchResult(),
       propsForDataExtractionNotification: this.getPropsForDataExtractionNotification(),
       propsForGroupInvitation: this.getPropsForGroupInvitation(),
       propsForGroupNotification: this.getPropsForGroupNotification(),
@@ -497,25 +495,6 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
     return 'sending';
   }
 
-  public getPropsForSearchResult(): PropsForSearchResults {
-    const fromNumber = this.getSource();
-    const from = this.findAndFormatContact(fromNumber);
-
-    const toNumber = this.get('conversationId');
-    const to = this.findAndFormatContact(toNumber);
-
-    return {
-      from,
-      to,
-      // isSelected: this.isSelected,
-      id: this.id as string,
-      conversationId: this.get('conversationId'),
-      source: this.get('source'),
-      receivedAt: this.get('received_at'),
-      snippet: this.get('snippet'),
-    };
-  }
-
   public getPropsForMessage(options: any = {}): PropsForMessageWithoutConvoProps {
     const sender = this.getSource();
     const expirationLength = this.get('expireTimer') * 1000;
diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/conversations.ts b/ts/state/ducks/conversations.ts
index d948d1e73..4f8f1d6c5 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/conversations.ts
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/conversations.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { omit } from 'lodash';
 
 export type MessageModelPropsWithoutConvoProps = {
   propsForMessage: PropsForMessageWithoutConvoProps;
-  propsForSearchResult: PropsForSearchResults | null;
   propsForGroupInvitation: PropsForGroupInvitation | null;
   propsForTimerNotification: PropsForExpirationTimer | null;
   propsForDataExtractionNotification: PropsForDataExtractionNotification | null;
@@ -128,16 +127,6 @@ export type PropsForGroupInvitation = {
   isUnread: boolean;
 };
 
-export type PropsForSearchResults = {
-  from: FindAndFormatContactType;
-  to: FindAndFormatContactType;
-  id: string;
-  conversationId: string;
-  source: string;
-  receivedAt: number | undefined;
-  snippet?: string; //not sure about the type of snippet
-};
-
 export type PropsForAttachment = {
   id: number;
   contentType: string;
diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/search.ts b/ts/state/ducks/search.ts
index 84739705f..00e845975 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/search.ts
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/search.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import { AdvancedSearchOptions, SearchOptions } from '../../types/Search';
 import { cleanSearchTerm } from '../../util/cleanSearchTerm';
 import { searchConversations, searchMessages } from '../../../ts/data/data';
-import { makeLookup } from '../../util/makeLookup';
 
-import { PropsForSearchResults, ReduxConversationType } from './conversations';
+import { ReduxConversationType } from './conversations';
 import { PubKey } from '../../session/types';
-import { MessageModel } from '../../models/message';
-import { MessageModelType } from '../../models/messageType';
 import { ConversationTypeEnum } from '../../models/conversation';
 
 // State
@@ -15,11 +12,7 @@ export type SearchStateType = {
   query: string;
   normalizedPhoneNumber?: string;
   // We need to store messages here, because they aren't anywhere else in state
-  messages: Array<PropsForSearchResults>;
   selectedMessage?: string;
-  messageLookup: {
-    [key: string]: PropsForSearchResults;
-  };
   // For conversations we store just the id, and pull conversation props in the selector
   conversations: Array<string>;
   contacts: Array<string>;
@@ -29,7 +22,6 @@ export type SearchStateType = {
 type SearchResultsPayloadType = {
   query: string;
   normalizedPhoneNumber?: string;
-  messages: Array<PropsForSearchResults>;
   conversations: Array<string>;
   contacts: Array<string>;
 };
@@ -102,7 +94,6 @@ async function doSearch(query: string, options: SearchOptions): Promise<SearchRe
     normalizedPhoneNumber: PubKey.normalize(query),
     conversations,
     contacts,
-    messages: getMessageProps(filteredMessages) || [],
   };
 }
 export function clearSearch(): ClearSearchActionType {
@@ -200,23 +191,6 @@ function getAdvancedSearchOptionsFromQuery(query: string): AdvancedSearchOptions
   return filters;
 }
 
-const getMessageProps = (messages: Array<PropsForSearchResults>) => {
-  if (!messages || !messages.length) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  return messages.map(message => {
-    const overridenProps = {
-      ...message,
-      type: 'incoming' as MessageModelType,
-    };
-
-    const model = new MessageModel(overridenProps);
-
-    return model.getPropsForSearchResult();
-  });
-};
-
 async function queryMessages(query: string) {
   try {
     const normalized = cleanSearchTerm(query);
@@ -271,8 +245,6 @@ async function queryConversationsAndContacts(providedQuery: string, options: Sea
 
 export const initialSearchState: SearchStateType = {
   query: '',
-  messages: [],
-  messageLookup: {},
   conversations: [],
   contacts: [],
 };
@@ -302,13 +274,12 @@ export function reducer(state: SearchStateType | undefined, action: SEARCH_TYPES
 
   if (action.type === 'SEARCH_RESULTS_FULFILLED') {
     const { payload } = action;
-    const { query, messages, normalizedPhoneNumber, conversations, contacts } = payload;
+    const { query, normalizedPhoneNumber, conversations, contacts } = payload;
 
     // Reject if the associated query is not the most recent user-provided query
     if (state.query !== query) {
       return state;
     }
-    const filteredMessage = messages.filter(message => message !== undefined);
 
     return {
       ...state,
@@ -316,8 +287,6 @@ export function reducer(state: SearchStateType | undefined, action: SEARCH_TYPES
       normalizedPhoneNumber,
       conversations,
       contacts,
-      messages: filteredMessage,
-      messageLookup: makeLookup(filteredMessage, 'id'),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/ts/state/selectors/search.ts b/ts/state/selectors/search.ts
index db849b927..c0f60b067 100644
--- a/ts/state/selectors/search.ts
+++ b/ts/state/selectors/search.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,8 @@ export const isSearching = createSelector(getSearch, (state: SearchStateType) =>
 });
 
 export const getSearchResults = createSelector(
-  [getSearch, getConversationLookup, getSelectedConversationKey, getSelectedMessage],
-  (
-    state: SearchStateType,
-    lookup: ConversationLookupType,
-    selectedConversation?: string,
-    selectedMessage?: string
-  ) => {
+  [getSearch, getConversationLookup, getSelectedConversationKey],
+  (state: SearchStateType, lookup: ConversationLookupType, selectedConversation?: string) => {
     return {
       contacts: compact(
         state.contacts.map(id => {
@@ -65,16 +60,7 @@ export const getSearchResults = createSelector(
         })
       ),
       hideMessagesHeader: false,
-      messages: state.messages.map(message => {
-        if (message.id === selectedMessage) {
-          return {
-            ...message,
-            isSelected: true,
-          };
-        }
 
-        return message;
-      }),
       searchTerm: state.query,
     };
   }