diff --git a/blenderkit/__init__.py b/blenderkit/__init__.py
index 67c76eba9d4d569299c894486247b904772f10e8..579c38963da7e7a9bf8779a2ceec404f663a6eef 100644
--- a/blenderkit/__init__.py
+++ b/blenderkit/__init__.py
@@ -1238,7 +1238,6 @@ class BlenderKitAddonPreferences(AddonPreferences):
     default_global_dict = paths.default_global_dict()
 
     enable_oauth = False
-    enable_author_search = False
 
     api_key: StringProperty(
         name="BlenderKit API Key",
diff --git a/blenderkit/search.py b/blenderkit/search.py
index 55b5cb822b0a52f05d436185d28f09d02bb5ba21..5c1dc920e2ee807337dbcdf1f70a46a10c864b2a 100644
--- a/blenderkit/search.py
+++ b/blenderkit/search.py
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ def search(category='', get_next=False, author_id=''):
     if category != '':
         query['category_subtree'] = category
 
-    if author_id != '' and user_preferences.enable_author_search:
+    if author_id != '':
         query['author_id'] = author_id
 
     # utils.p('searching')