diff --git a/templates/explore/repo_search.tmpl b/templates/explore/repo_search.tmpl
index 96f34d508a..1fd891cca2 100644
--- a/templates/explore/repo_search.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/repo_search.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	<form class="ui form ignore-dirty gt-f1">
 		<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{{$.SortType}}">
 		<input type="hidden" name="language" value="{{$.Language}}">
-		<input type="hidden" name="topic" value="{{$.TopicOnly}}">
 		<div class="ui fluid action input">
 			{{template "shared/searchinput" dict "Value" .Keyword}}
 			{{if .PageIsExploreRepositories}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/explore_repos_test.go b/tests/integration/explore_repos_test.go
index fda376b96f..26fd1dde64 100644
--- a/tests/integration/explore_repos_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/explore_repos_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/tests"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestExploreRepos(t *testing.T) {
@@ -16,16 +15,4 @@ func TestExploreRepos(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/explore/repos")
 	MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
-
-	t.Run("Persistent parameters", func(t *testing.T) {
-		defer tests.PrintCurrentTest(t)()
-
-		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/explore/repos?topic=1&language=Go&sort=moststars")
-		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
-		htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
-
-		assert.EqualValues(t, "moststars", htmlDoc.Find("input[type='hidden'][name='sort']").AttrOr("value", "not found"))
-		assert.EqualValues(t, "Go", htmlDoc.Find("input[type='hidden'][name='language']").AttrOr("value", "not found"))
-		assert.EqualValues(t, "true", htmlDoc.Find("input[type='hidden'][name='topic']").AttrOr("value", "not found"))
-	})
 }