diff --git a/javascripts/search.js b/javascripts/search.js
index e348f4ad15aa..cabee3a9fbfe 100644
--- a/javascripts/search.js
+++ b/javascripts/search.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { tags } from './hyperscript'
 import { sendEvent } from './events'
 import searchWithYourKeyboard from 'search-with-your-keyboard'
-import truncate from 'html-truncate'
-
-const maxContentLength = 300
 
 let $searchInputContainer
 let $searchResultsContainer
@@ -274,8 +271,7 @@ function tmplSearchResult ({ url, breadcrumbs, heading, title, content }) {
       ),
       div(
         { class: 'search-result-content d-block text-gray' },
-        // Truncate without breaking inner HTML tags
-        markify(truncate(content, maxContentLength))
+        markify(content)
       )
     )
   )
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c7e2488b8707..499adb8ba73e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12784,11 +12784,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-H2iMtd0I4Mt5eYiapRdIDjp+XzelXQ0tFE4JS7YFwFevXXMmOp9myNrUvCg0D6ws8iqkRPBfKHgbwig1SmlLfg==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "html-truncate": {
-      "version": "1.2.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-truncate/-/html-truncate-1.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-2y4zHc8cugvUMqUH0W6YhgnyV18="
-    },
     "html-void-elements": {
       "version": "1.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-void-elements/-/html-void-elements-1.0.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3031c3036e2..1e2f431b373b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "highlightjs-graphql": "^1.0.2",
     "hot-shots": "^8.2.0",
     "html-entities": "^1.2.1",
-    "html-truncate": "^1.2.2",
     "imurmurhash": "^0.1.4",
     "ioredis": "^4.19.4",
     "ioredis-mock": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/script/check-deps.js b/script/check-deps.js
index 83eae3023fcb..799e3b03dd33 100644
--- a/script/check-deps.js
+++ b/script/check-deps.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const main = async () => {
       'style-loader',
       'webpack-cli',
       'browser-date-formatter',
-      'html-truncate',
       'search-with-your-keyboard',
       'uuid',
       'imurmurhash',
diff --git a/stylesheets/search.scss b/stylesheets/search.scss
index 2364bb139cd5..7ac756a999e2 100644
--- a/stylesheets/search.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/search.scss
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ mark,
   }
 }
 
+.search-result-content {
+  max-height: 4rem;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
 .search-result-title em {
   font-style: normal;
   text-decoration: underline;