diff --git a/autotests/kfileplacesmodeltest.cpp b/autotests/kfileplacesmodeltest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kfileplacesmodeltest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kfileplacesmodeltest.cpp
@@ -899,18 +899,11 @@
                                    << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath());
 
     // baloo -search
-    const QString jsonQuery(QStringLiteral("{\"dayFilter\": 0,\
-                                             \"monthFilter\": 0, \
-                                             \"yearFilter\": 0, \
-                                             \"type\": [ \"Document\"]}"));
-    QUrl url;
-    url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("baloosearch"));
-    QUrlQuery urlQuery;
-    urlQuery.addQueryItem(QStringLiteral("json"), jsonQuery.simplified());
-    url.setQuery(urlQuery);
-
     QTest::newRow("Baloo - Documents") << QUrl("search:/documents")
-                                       << url;
+                                       << QUrl("baloosearch:/documents");
+
+    QTest::newRow("Baloo - Unknown Type") << QUrl("search:/unknown")
+                                          << QUrl("search:/unknown");
 
     // baloo - timeline
     const QDate lastMonthDate = QDate::currentDate().addMonths(-1);
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfileplacesmodel.cpp
@@ -128,41 +128,28 @@
         return timelineUrl;
     }
 
-    static QUrl searchUrlForType(const QString &type)
-    {
-        const QString jsonQuery(QStringLiteral("{\"dayFilter\": 0,\
-                                                 \"monthFilter\": 0, \
-                                                 \"yearFilter\": 0, \
-                                                 \"type\": [ \"%1\"]}"));
-        QUrl url;
-        url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("baloosearch"));
-
-        QUrlQuery urlQuery;
-        urlQuery.addQueryItem(QStringLiteral("json"), jsonQuery.arg(type).simplified());
-        url.setQuery(urlQuery);
-
-        return url;
-    }
-
     static QUrl createSearchUrl(const QUrl &url)
     {
-        QUrl searchUrl;
+        QUrl searchUrl = url;
 
         const QString path = url.toDisplayString(QUrl::PreferLocalFile);
 
-        if (path.endsWith(QLatin1String("/documents"))) {
-            searchUrl = searchUrlForType(QStringLiteral("Document"));
-        } else if (path.endsWith(QLatin1String("/images"))) {
-            searchUrl = searchUrlForType(QStringLiteral("Image"));
-        } else if (path.endsWith(QLatin1String("/audio"))) {
-            searchUrl = searchUrlForType(QStringLiteral("Audio"));
-        } else if (path.endsWith(QLatin1String("/videos"))) {
-            searchUrl = searchUrlForType(QStringLiteral("Video"));
-        } else {
-            qWarning() << "Invalid search url:" << url;
-            searchUrl = url;
+        const QStringList validSearchPaths = {
+            QStringLiteral("/documents"),
+            QStringLiteral("/images"),
+            QStringLiteral("/audio"),
+            QStringLiteral("/videos")
+        };
+
+        for (const QString &validPath : validSearchPaths) {
+            if (path.endsWith(validPath)) {
+                searchUrl.setScheme(QStringLiteral("baloosearch"));
+                return searchUrl;
+            }
         }
 
+        qWarning() << "Invalid search url:" << url;
+
         return searchUrl;
     }
 }