diff --git a/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx b/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
index 18afa462af..511cee1a68 100644
--- a/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {popularInterests, useInterestsDisplayNames} from '#/lib/interests'
 import {logEvent} from '#/lib/statsig/statsig'
 import {isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
-import {useActorSearchPaginated} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
+import {useActorSearch} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
 import {usePreferencesQuery} from '#/state/queries/preferences'
 import {useGetSuggestedUsersQuery} from '#/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery'
 import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function DialogInner({guide}: {guide: Follow10ProgressGuide}) {
     isFetching: isFetchingSearchResults,
     error: searchResultsError,
     isError: isSearchResultsError,
-  } = useActorSearchPaginated({
+  } = useActorSearch({
     enabled: !!searchText,
     query: searchText,
   })
diff --git a/src/screens/Search/Explore.tsx b/src/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
index 478cbba2c0..e512454fce 100644
--- a/src/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Search/Explore.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {type MetricEvents} from '#/logger/metrics'
 import {useLanguagePrefs} from '#/state/preferences/languages'
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
-import {RQKEY_ROOT_PAGINATED as useActorSearchPaginatedQueryKeyRoot} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
+import {RQKEY_ROOT as useActorSearchQueryKeyRoot} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
 import {
   type FeedPreviewItem,
   useFeedPreviews,
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export function Explore({
         queryKey: [getSuggestedUsersQueryKeyRoot],
       }),
       qc.resetQueries({
-        queryKey: [useActorSearchPaginatedQueryKeyRoot],
+        queryKey: [useActorSearchQueryKeyRoot],
       }),
       qc.resetQueries({
         queryKey: createGetSuggestedFeedsQueryKey(),
diff --git a/src/screens/Search/SearchResults.tsx b/src/screens/Search/SearchResults.tsx
index 510f7524f7..82517a6fcb 100644
--- a/src/screens/Search/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Search/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {augmentSearchQuery} from '#/lib/strings/helpers'
-import {useActorSearchPaginated} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
+import {useActorSearch} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
 import {usePopularFeedsSearch} from '#/state/queries/feed'
 import {useSearchPostsQuery} from '#/state/queries/search-posts'
 import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ let SearchScreenUserResults = ({
     fetchNextPage,
     isFetchingNextPage,
     hasNextPage,
-  } = useActorSearchPaginated({
+  } = useActorSearch({
     query,
     enabled: active,
   })
diff --git a/src/screens/Search/util/useSuggestedUsers.ts b/src/screens/Search/util/useSuggestedUsers.ts
index b1f9064096..0f7bc2607c 100644
--- a/src/screens/Search/util/useSuggestedUsers.ts
+++ b/src/screens/Search/util/useSuggestedUsers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {useMemo} from 'react'
 
 import {useInterestsDisplayNames} from '#/lib/interests'
-import {useActorSearchPaginated} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
+import {useActorSearch} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
 import {useGetSuggestedUsersQuery} from '#/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery'
 
 /**
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function useSuggestedUsers({
     category,
     overrideInterests,
   })
-  const searched = useActorSearchPaginated({
+  const searched = useActorSearch({
     enabled: !!search,
     // use user's app language translation for this value
     query: category ? interestsDisplayNames[category] : '',
diff --git a/src/screens/StarterPack/Wizard/StepProfiles.tsx b/src/screens/StarterPack/Wizard/StepProfiles.tsx
index fa4a42f253..3d4fee4b5b 100644
--- a/src/screens/StarterPack/Wizard/StepProfiles.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/StarterPack/Wizard/StepProfiles.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {isNative} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {useA11y} from '#/state/a11y'
 import {useActorAutocompleteQuery} from '#/state/queries/actor-autocomplete'
-import {useActorSearchPaginated} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
+import {useActorSearch} from '#/state/queries/actor-search'
 import {List} from '#/view/com/util/List'
 import {useWizardState} from '#/screens/StarterPack/Wizard/State'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function StepProfiles({
     data: topPages,
     fetchNextPage,
     isLoading: isLoadingTopPages,
-  } = useActorSearchPaginated({
+  } = useActorSearch({
     query: encodeURIComponent('*'),
   })
   const topFollowers = topPages?.pages
diff --git a/src/state/queries/actor-search.ts b/src/state/queries/actor-search.ts
index 5347ca0a15..54586ebcbe 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/actor-search.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/actor-search.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
-import {
-  type AppBskyActorDefs,
-  type AppBskyActorSearchActors,
-} from '@atproto/api'
+import {type AppBskyActorSearchActors} from '@atproto/api'
 import {
   type InfiniteData,
   keepPreviousData,
   type QueryClient,
   type QueryKey,
   useInfiniteQuery,
-  useQuery,
 } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {STALE} from '#/state/queries'
 import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
 
-const RQKEY_ROOT = 'actor-search'
-export const RQKEY = (query: string) => [RQKEY_ROOT, query]
-
-export const RQKEY_ROOT_PAGINATED = `${RQKEY_ROOT}_paginated`
-export const RQKEY_PAGINATED = (query: string, limit?: number) => [
-  RQKEY_ROOT_PAGINATED,
+export const RQKEY_ROOT = 'actor-search'
+export const RQKEY = (query: string, limit?: number) => [
+  RQKEY_ROOT,
   query,
   limit,
 ]
@@ -27,27 +20,6 @@ export const RQKEY_PAGINATED = (query: string, limit?: number) => [
 export function useActorSearch({
   query,
   enabled,
-}: {
-  query: string
-  enabled?: boolean
-}) {
-  const agent = useAgent()
-  return useQuery<AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileView[]>({
-    staleTime: STALE.MINUTES.ONE,
-    queryKey: RQKEY(query || ''),
-    async queryFn() {
-      const res = await agent.searchActors({
-        q: query,
-      })
-      return res.data.actors
-    },
-    enabled: enabled && !!query,
-  })
-}
-
-export function useActorSearchPaginated({
-  query,
-  enabled,
   maintainData,
   limit = 25,
 }: {
@@ -65,7 +37,7 @@ export function useActorSearchPaginated({
     string | undefined
   >({
     staleTime: STALE.MINUTES.FIVE,
-    queryKey: RQKEY_PAGINATED(query, limit),
+    queryKey: RQKEY(query, limit),
     queryFn: async ({pageParam}) => {
       const res = await agent.searchActors({
         q: query,
@@ -85,28 +57,12 @@ export function* findAllProfilesInQueryData(
   queryClient: QueryClient,
   did: string,
 ) {
-  const queryDatas = queryClient.getQueriesData<AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileView[]>(
-    {
-      queryKey: [RQKEY_ROOT],
-    },
-  )
-  for (const [_queryKey, queryData] of queryDatas) {
-    if (!queryData) {
-      continue
-    }
-    for (const actor of queryData) {
-      if (actor.did === did) {
-        yield actor
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  const queryDatasPaginated = queryClient.getQueriesData<
+  const queryDatas = queryClient.getQueriesData<
     InfiniteData<AppBskyActorSearchActors.OutputSchema>
   >({
-    queryKey: [RQKEY_ROOT_PAGINATED],
+    queryKey: [RQKEY_ROOT],
   })
-  for (const [_queryKey, queryData] of queryDatasPaginated) {
+  for (const [_queryKey, queryData] of queryDatas) {
     if (!queryData) {
       continue
     }