diff --git a/browser/components/touchbar/MacTouchBar.js b/browser/components/touchbar/MacTouchBar.js
index c38724d15c3e..b831782e5c0f 100644
--- a/browser/components/touchbar/MacTouchBar.js
+++ b/browser/components/touchbar/MacTouchBar.js
@@ -411,14 +411,9 @@ class TouchBarHelper {
     if (!TouchBarHelper.window) {
       return;
     }
-    let searchString = "";
-    if (
-      TouchBarHelper.window.gURLBar.getAttribute("pageproxystate") != "valid"
-    ) {
-      searchString = TouchBarHelper.window.gURLBar.lastSearchString.trimStart();
-      if (Object.values(UrlbarTokenizer.RESTRICT).includes(searchString[0])) {
-        searchString = searchString.substring(1).trimStart();
-      }
+    let searchString = TouchBarHelper.window.gURLBar.lastSearchString.trimStart();
+    if (Object.values(UrlbarTokenizer.RESTRICT).includes(searchString[0])) {
+      searchString = searchString.substring(1).trimStart();
     }
 
     TouchBarHelper.window.gURLBar.search(`${restrictionToken} ${searchString}`);
diff --git a/browser/components/touchbar/tests/browser/browser_touchbar_searchrestrictions.js b/browser/components/touchbar/tests/browser/browser_touchbar_searchrestrictions.js
index a7a997846718..9126027eacb2 100644
--- a/browser/components/touchbar/tests/browser/browser_touchbar_searchrestrictions.js
+++ b/browser/components/touchbar/tests/browser/browser_touchbar_searchrestrictions.js
@@ -127,32 +127,3 @@ add_task(async function stripSpaces() {
     );
   }
 });
-
-add_task(async function clearURLs() {
-  const tests = [
-    {
-      loadUrl: "https://example.com",
-      token: UrlbarTokenizer.RESTRICT.HISTORY,
-      expected: "^ ",
-    },
-    {
-      loadUrl: "about:blank",
-      token: UrlbarTokenizer.RESTRICT.BOOKMARK,
-      expected: "* ",
-    },
-  ];
-  let win = BrowserWindowTracker.getTopWindow();
-  for (let { loadUrl, token, expected } of tests) {
-    let loadedPromise = BrowserTestUtils.browserLoaded(
-      gBrowser.selectedBrowser
-    );
-    BrowserTestUtils.loadURI(gBrowser.selectedBrowser, loadUrl);
-    await loadedPromise;
-    TouchBarHelper.insertRestrictionInUrlbar(token);
-    Assert.equal(
-      win.gURLBar.value,
-      expected,
-      "The search restriction token should have cleared out the URL."
-    );
-  }
-});