diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 8a1f6c441..6142918e5 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -4253,7 +4253,8 @@ class SubscribeButton(Templated):
 
 
 class SubredditSelector(Templated):
-    def __init__(self, default_sr=None, extra_subreddits=None, required=False):
+    def __init__(self, default_sr=None, extra_subreddits=None, required=False,
+                 include_searches=True):
         Templated.__init__(self)
 
         if extra_subreddits:
@@ -4268,9 +4269,13 @@ class SubredditSelector(Templated):
 
         self.default_sr = default_sr
         self.required = required
-        self.sr_searches = simplejson.dumps(
-            popular_searches(include_over_18=c.over18)
-        )
+        if include_searches:
+            self.sr_searches = simplejson.dumps(
+                popular_searches(include_over_18=c.over18)
+            )
+        else:
+            self.sr_searches = simplejson.dumps({})
+        self.include_searches = include_searches
 
     @property
     def subreddit_names(self):
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/subredditselector.html b/r2/r2/templates/subredditselector.html
index 659420a6e..74477f5ca 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/subredditselector.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/subredditselector.html
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 <div id="sr-autocomplete-area">
   <input id="sr-autocomplete" name="sr" type="text"
          autocomplete="off"
-         onkeyup="sr_name_up(event)"
+         %if thing.include_searches:
+           onkeyup="sr_name_up(event)"
+         %endif
          onkeydown="return sr_name_down(event)"
          onblur="hide_sr_name_list()"
          % if thing.default_sr: