diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher/mention_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher/mention_view.js
index 03e31820fa518ddb24727c3ee562f0d088d84164..2a1c65591956b20c5853741d79df232a6ab7813d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher/mention_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher/mention_view.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ app.views.PublisherMention = app.views.SearchBase.extend({
       typeaheadInput: this.typeaheadInput,
       customSearch: true,
       autoselect: true,
-      remoteRoute: "/contacts/search"
+      remoteRoute: "/contacts"
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
index 8e9b670f6a3bfc332711783fb2f09d74545fe1e3..d3734da9b765ba0fddbd0c273b634791b03d824c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -13,17 +13,12 @@ class ContactsController < ApplicationController
 
       # Used by the mobile site
       format.mobile { set_up_contacts_mobile }
-    end
-  end
-
-  def search
-    @people = Person.search(params[:q], current_user, only_contacts: true).limit(15)
 
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.json do
-        @people = @people.limit(15)
+      # Used for mentions in the publisher
+      format.json {
+        @people = Person.search(params[:q], current_user, only_contacts: true).limit(15)
         render json: @people
-      end
+      }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 0695972fcb552ff5336aea9f6fe63acb1d000a8c..cea28508f145456ac678312cbd66b9ed22f44e16 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
 
 
   resources :contacts, only: %i(index)
-
-  get "contacts/search" => "contacts#search"
-
   resources :aspect_memberships, :only  => [:destroy, :create]
   resources :share_visibilities,  :only => [:update]
   resources :blocks, :only => [:create, :destroy]
diff --git a/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
index d2af43e8dc0e93cedd0be27ef68f8ba645fb53a3..0f343e43b49f4e553da72e9c699613b7b233364b 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -48,28 +48,26 @@ describe ContactsController, :type => :controller do
         expect(contacts.to_set).to eq(bob.contacts.to_set)
       end
     end
-  end
 
-  describe "#search" do
-    before do
-      @eugene = FactoryGirl.create(:person, profile: FactoryGirl.build(:profile, first_name: "Eugene", last_name: "W"))
-      bob.share_with(@eugene, bob.aspects.first)
-      @casey = FactoryGirl.create(:person, profile: FactoryGirl.build(:profile, first_name: "Casey", last_name: "W"))
-    end
+    context "format json" do
+      before do
+        @person1 = FactoryGirl.create(:person)
+        bob.share_with(@person1, bob.aspects.first)
+        @person2 = FactoryGirl.create(:person)
+      end
 
-    describe "via json" do
       it "succeeds" do
-        get :search, q: "Eugene", format: "json"
+        get :index, q: @person1.first_name, format: "json"
         expect(response).to be_success
       end
 
       it "responds with json" do
-        get :search, q: "Eugene", format: "json"
-        expect(response.body).to eq([@eugene].to_json)
+        get :index, q: @person1.first_name, format: "json"
+        expect(response.body).to eq([@person1].to_json)
       end
 
       it "only returns contacts" do
-        get :search, q: "Casey", format: "json"
+        get :index, q: @person2.first_name, format: "json"
         expect(response.body).to eq([].to_json)
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_mention_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_mention_view_spec.js
index 571b08d898e79e0e00f02d1400019303423fd6f0..a28a393e7e3516b4b713c0201df865f93dae426a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_mention_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_mention_view_spec.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe("app.views.PublisherMention", function() {
       expect(call.args[0].typeaheadInput.selector).toBe("#publisher .typeahead-mention-box");
       expect(call.args[0].customSearch).toBeTruthy();
       expect(call.args[0].autoselect).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(call.args[0].remoteRoute).toBe("/contacts/search");
+      expect(call.args[0].remoteRoute).toBe("/contacts");
     });
 
     it("calls bindTypeaheadEvents", function() {