diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
index e6270c807..86e21d9fd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
   def search
     render json: { error: 'Specify search string with parameter q' }, status: :unprocessable_entity if params[:q].blank? && return
 
-    contacts = resolved_contacts.where(
-      'name ILIKE :search OR email ILIKE :search OR phone_number ILIKE :search OR contacts.identifier LIKE :search
-        OR contacts.additional_attributes->>\'company_name\' ILIKE :search',
+    contacts = Current.account.contacts.where(
+      'name ILIKE :search OR email ILIKE :search OR phone_number ILIKE :search OR contacts.identifier LIKE :search',
       search: "%#{params[:q].strip}%"
     )
     @contacts = fetch_contacts(contacts)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
index 5beae6850..8bdc86bb4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -357,18 +357,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Contacts API', type: :request do
         expect(response.body).not_to include(contact1.email)
       end
 
-      it 'searches contacts using company name' do
-        contact2.update(additional_attributes: { company_name: 'acme.inc' })
-        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/contacts/search",
-            params: { q: 'acme.inc' },
-            headers: admin.create_new_auth_token,
-            as: :json
-
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
-        expect(response.body).to include(contact2.email)
-        expect(response.body).not_to include(contact1.email)
-      end
-
       it 'matches the resolved contact respecting the identifier character casing' do
         contact_normal = create(:contact, name: 'testcontact', account: account, identifier: 'testidentifer')
         contact_special = create(:contact, name: 'testcontact', account: account, identifier: 'TestIdentifier')