diff --git a/lib/search.js b/lib/search.js
index 3f8fd99fb8ad8..feda13a8fbc9d 100644
--- a/lib/search.js
+++ b/lib/search.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const search = async (args) => {
   log.clearProgress()
 }
 
-function prepareIncludes (args, searchopts) {
+function prepareIncludes (args) {
   return args
     .map(s => s.toLowerCase())
     .filter(s => s)