diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
index 1e3894c1fcd27..677e9b5f03ab2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/js/search.js
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ window.initSearch = rawSearchIndex => {
             return parsedQuery.literalSearch ? MAX_LEV_DISTANCE + 1 : lev;
         }
 
-        function checkPath(contains, lastElem, ty) {
+        function checkPath(contains, ty) {
             if (contains.length === 0) {
                 return 0;
             }
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ window.initSearch = rawSearchIndex => {
             }
 
             if (elem.fullPath.length > 1) {
-                lev = checkPath(elem.pathWithoutLast, elem.pathLast, row);
+                lev = checkPath(elem.pathWithoutLast, row);
                 if (lev > MAX_LEV_DISTANCE || (parsedQuery.literalSearch && lev !== 0)) {
                     return;
                 } else if (lev > 0) {