diff --git a/apps/server/src/core/search/search.service.ts b/apps/server/src/core/search/search.service.ts
index 3db29b274..32cedd7ee 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/core/search/search.service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/core/search/search.service.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     const rankColumn = browseByFilters
       ? sql<number>`0`.as('rank')
       : titleOnly
-        ? sql<number>`word_similarity(lower(f_unaccent(${titleQuery})), lower(f_unaccent(pages.title)))`.as(
+        ? sql<number>`word_similarity(lower(${titleQuery}), lower(pages.title))`.as(
             'rank',
           )
         : sql<number>`ts_rank(tsv, to_tsquery('english', f_unaccent(${searchQuery})))`.as(
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ export class SearchService {
       .$if(!browseByFilters && titleOnly, (qb) =>
         qb.where((eb) =>
           eb(
-            sql`lower(f_unaccent(pages.title))`,
+            sql`lower(pages.title)`,
             'like',
-            sql`lower(f_unaccent(${`%${titleLikeQuery}%`}))`,
+            sql`lower(${`%${titleLikeQuery}%`})`,
           ),
         ),
       )
diff --git a/apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260824T211732-page-title-trgm-index.ts b/apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260824T211732-page-title-trgm-index.ts
index 3cadad07b..28e3207ea 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260824T211732-page-title-trgm-index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/database/migrations/20260824T211732-page-title-trgm-index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { type Kysely, sql } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
-  await sql`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS pages_title_trgm_idx ON pages USING gin (lower(f_unaccent(title)) gin_trgm_ops)`.execute(
+  await sql`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS pages_title_trgm_idx ON pages USING gin (lower(title) gin_trgm_ops)`.execute(
     db,
   );
 
   // separators normalized to spaces so space-typed queries match How_to_export.pdf
-  await sql`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS attachments_file_name_trgm_idx ON attachments USING gin (lower(f_unaccent(translate(file_name, '_.-', '   '))) gin_trgm_ops)`.execute(
+  await sql`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS attachments_file_name_trgm_idx ON attachments USING gin (lower(translate(file_name, '_.-', '   ')) gin_trgm_ops)`.execute(
     db,
   );
 }