diff --git a/frontend/src/components/search/search-result-item.js b/frontend/src/components/search/search-result-item.js
index e9c4f7a71b..844d279247 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/search/search-result-item.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/search/search-result-item.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 const propTypes = {
   item: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   onItemClickHandler: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  onMouseEnter: PropTypes.func,
-  onMouseLeave: PropTypes.func,
   isHighlight: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ class SearchResultItem extends React.Component {
       <li
         className={classnames('search-result-item', {'search-result-item-highlight': this.props.isHighlight })}
         onClick={this.onClickHandler}
-        onMouseEnter={this.props.onMouseEnter}
-        onMouseLeave={this.props.onMouseLeave}
       >
         <img className={item.link_content ? 'item-img' : 'lib-item-img'} src={fileIconUrl} alt="" />
         <div className="item-content">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/search/search.js b/frontend/src/components/search/search.js
index 19f6cff85e..438519d38f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/search/search.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/search/search.js
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ class Search extends Component {
               key={index}
               item={item}
               onItemClickHandler={this.onItemClickHandler}
-              onMouseEnter={(e) => this.setState({ highlightIndex: index })}
-              onMouseLeave={(e) => this.setState({ highlightIndex: -1 })}
               isHighlight={index === highlightIndex}
             />
           );
diff --git a/frontend/src/css/search.css b/frontend/src/css/search.css
index a278db614a..8cbb418519 100644
--- a/frontend/src/css/search.css
+++ b/frontend/src/css/search.css
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
   border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
+.search-result-container .search-result-item:hover,
 .search-result-container .search-result-item.search-result-item-highlight {
   background-color: #f0f0f0;
 }