diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
index 697dee0216e3b..15580eabe04d2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ pub fn render<T: Print, S: Print>(
     </div>\
     <script src=\"{static_root_path}theme{suffix}.js\"></script>\
     <nav class=\"sub\">\
-        <form class=\"search-form js-only\">\
+        <form class=\"search-form\">\
             <div class=\"search-container\">\
                 <div>{filter_crates}\
                     <input class=\"search-input\" name=\"search\" \
+                           disabled \
                            autocomplete=\"off\" \
                            spellcheck=\"false\" \
                            placeholder=\"Click or press ‘S’ to search, ‘?’ for more options…\" \
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index 752b93f2ac5e3..e566c35dfe5a5 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -142,10 +142,6 @@ function getSearchElement() {
     var TY_PRIMITIVE = itemTypes.indexOf("primitive");
     var TY_KEYWORD = itemTypes.indexOf("keyword");
 
-    onEachLazy(document.getElementsByClassName("js-only"), function(e) {
-        removeClass(e, "js-only");
-    });
-
     function getQueryStringParams() {
         var params = {};
         window.location.search.substring(1).split("&").
@@ -2626,6 +2622,10 @@ function getSearchElement() {
             option.innerText = crates_text[i];
             elem.appendChild(option);
         }
+
+        if (search_input) {
+            search_input.removeAttribute('disabled');
+        };
     }
 
     window.addSearchOptions = addSearchOptions;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
index 64c858238dbce..ca798931953b8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/rustdoc.css
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ nav.sub {
 
 /* Everything else */
 
-.js-only, .hidden {
+.hidden {
 	display: none !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/dark.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/dark.css
index a60d543a53936..f46bd6d6a1005 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/dark.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/dark.css
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ a.test-arrow {
 	border-color: #008dfd;
 }
 
+.search-focus:disabled {
+	background-color: #c5c4c4;
+}
+
 #crate-search + .search-input:focus {
 	box-shadow: 0 0 8px 4px #078dd8;
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/light.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/light.css
index 351f027b942ff..ca67b1c1f8241 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/light.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/themes/light.css
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ a.test-arrow {
 	border-color: #66afe9;
 }
 
+.search-focus:disabled {
+	background-color: #e6e6e6;
+}
+
 #crate-search + .search-input:focus {
 	box-shadow: 0 0 8px #078dd8;
 }