diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchengine.c b/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
index d9f39bc1fc..941536d076 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchengine.c
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ static void
 _gtk_search_engine_init (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
 {
   engine->priv = _gtk_search_engine_get_instance_private (engine);
-
-  engine->priv->recursive = TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -412,28 +410,6 @@ _gtk_search_engine_error (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
   g_signal_emit (engine, signals[ERROR], 0, error_message);
 }
 
-void
-_gtk_search_engine_set_recursive (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
-                                  gboolean         recursive)
-{
-  g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_SEARCH_ENGINE (engine));
-
-  g_assert (!engine->priv->running);
-
-  engine->priv->recursive = recursive;
-
-  if (engine->priv->native)
-    _gtk_search_engine_set_recursive (engine->priv->native, recursive);
-}
-
-gboolean
-_gtk_search_engine_get_recursive (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
-{
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_SEARCH_ENGINE (engine), TRUE);
-
-  return engine->priv->recursive;
-}
-
 void
 _gtk_search_engine_set_model (GtkSearchEngine    *engine,
                               GtkFileSystemModel *model)
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchengine.h b/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
index 6a016d5d21..05602585a6 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchengine.h
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ void             _gtk_search_engine_finished        (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
                                                      gboolean         got_results);
 void	         _gtk_search_engine_error           (GtkSearchEngine *engine, 
 						     const gchar     *error_message);
-void             _gtk_search_engine_set_recursive   (GtkSearchEngine *engine,
-                                                     gboolean         recursive);
-gboolean         _gtk_search_engine_get_recursive   (GtkSearchEngine *engine);
 
 void             _gtk_search_hit_free (GtkSearchHit *hit);
 GtkSearchHit    *_gtk_search_hit_dup (GtkSearchHit *hit);
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginemodel.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginemodel.c
index 58682e15f9..3937e6eef2 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginemodel.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginemodel.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-#define BATCH_SIZE 500
-
 struct _GtkSearchEngineModel
 {
   GtkSearchEngine parent;
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ struct _GtkSearchEngineModel
   GtkFileSystemModel *model;
   GtkQuery *query;
 
-  gboolean query_finished;
   guint idle;
 };
 
diff --git a/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker3.c b/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker3.c
index aa50a0dd12..69139c2731 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker3.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksearchenginetracker3.c
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ gtk_search_engine_tracker3_start (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
   GtkSearchEngineTracker3 *tracker;
   TrackerSparqlStatement *statement;
   const gchar *search_text;
-  gboolean recursive;
   gchar *match;
   GFile *location;
+  gboolean recursive;
 
   tracker = GTK_SEARCH_ENGINE_TRACKER3 (engine);
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ gtk_search_engine_tracker3_start (GtkSearchEngine *engine)
   tracker->query_pending = TRUE;
   search_text = gtk_query_get_text (tracker->query);
   location = gtk_query_get_location (tracker->query);
-  recursive = _gtk_search_engine_get_recursive (engine);
+  recursive = TRUE;
 
   if (location)
     {