diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index f282a677aa..18042843d6 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -471,9 +471,6 @@ if (defined $searchtype) {
 our $searchtext = $cgi->param('s');
 our $search_regexp;
 if (defined $searchtext) {
-	if ($searchtype ne 'grep' and $searchtype ne 'pickaxe' and $searchtext =~ m/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\.\/\-\+\:\@ ]/) {
-		die_error(undef, "Invalid search parameter");
-	}
 	if (length($searchtext) < 2) {
 		die_error(undef, "At least two characters are required for search parameter");
 	}