diff --git a/web/src/routes/(user)/search/[[photos=photos]]/[[assetId=id]]/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/(user)/search/[[photos=photos]]/[[assetId=id]]/+page.svelte
index bf169e578d3a4..24b63256ca39b 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/(user)/search/[[photos=photos]]/[[assetId=id]]/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/(user)/search/[[photos=photos]]/[[assetId=id]]/+page.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { afterNavigate, goto } from '$app/navigation';
   import { page } from '$app/state';
-  import { shortcut } from '$lib/actions/shortcut';
   import ButtonContextMenu from '$lib/components/shared-components/context-menu/button-context-menu.svelte';
   import ControlAppBar from '$lib/components/shared-components/control-app-bar.svelte';
   import GalleryViewer from '$lib/components/shared-components/gallery-viewer/gallery-viewer.svelte';
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
   import type { Viewport } from '$lib/managers/timeline-manager/types';
   import { Route } from '$lib/route';
   import { AssetInteraction } from '$lib/stores/asset-interaction.svelte';
-  import { assetViewingStore } from '$lib/stores/asset-viewing.store';
   import { lang, locale } from '$lib/stores/preferences.store';
   import { preferences, user } from '$lib/stores/user.store';
   import { handlePromiseError } from '$lib/utils';
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
   import { tick, untrack } from 'svelte';
   import { t } from 'svelte-i18n';
 
-  let { isViewing: showAssetViewer } = assetViewingStore;
   const viewport: Viewport = $state({ width: 0, height: 0 });
   let searchResultsElement: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
 
@@ -82,18 +79,6 @@
     untrack(() => handlePromiseError(onSearchQueryUpdate()));
   });
 
-  const onEscape = () => {
-    if ($showAssetViewer) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (assetInteraction.selectionActive) {
-      assetInteraction.selectedAssets = [];
-      return;
-    }
-    handlePromiseError(goto(previousRoute));
-  };
-
   $effect(() => {
     if (scrollY) {
       scrollYHistory = scrollY;
@@ -260,7 +245,6 @@
 </script>
 
 <svelte:window bind:scrollY />
-<svelte:document use:shortcut={{ shortcut: { key: 'Escape' }, onShortcut: onEscape }} />
 
 {#if terms}
   <section