diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/preferencesSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/preferencesSearch.ts
index 45f069c174f..e57cc2f414a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/preferencesSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/preferencesSearch.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { IAiSettingsSearchService } from '../../../services/aiSettingsSearch/com
 import { IWorkbenchExtensionEnablementService } from '../../../services/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.js';
 import { IGroupFilter, ISearchResult, ISetting, ISettingMatch, ISettingMatcher, ISettingsEditorModel, ISettingsGroup, SettingKeyMatchTypes, SettingMatchType } from '../../../services/preferences/common/preferences.js';
 import { nullRange } from '../../../services/preferences/common/preferencesModels.js';
-import { EMBEDDINGS_ONLY_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, EMBEDDINGS_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, IAiSearchProvider, IPreferencesSearchService, IRemoteSearchProvider, ISearchProvider, IWorkbenchSettingsConfiguration, LLM_RANKED_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, STRING_MATCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, TF_IDF_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME } from '../common/preferences.js';
+import { EMBEDDINGS_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, IAiSearchProvider, IPreferencesSearchService, IRemoteSearchProvider, ISearchProvider, IWorkbenchSettingsConfiguration, LLM_RANKED_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, STRING_MATCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME, TF_IDF_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME } from '../common/preferences.js';
 
 export interface IEndpointDetails {
 	urlBase?: string;
@@ -409,8 +409,7 @@ class EmbeddingsSearchProvider implements IRemoteSearchProvider {
 	private _filter: string = '';
 
 	constructor(
-		private readonly _aiSettingsSearchService: IAiSettingsSearchService,
-		private readonly _excludeSelectionStep: boolean
+		private readonly _aiSettingsSearchService: IAiSettingsSearchService
 	) {
 		this._recordProvider = new SettingsRecordProvider();
 	}
@@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ class EmbeddingsSearchProvider implements IRemoteSearchProvider {
 		}
 
 		this._recordProvider.updateModel(preferencesModel);
-		this._aiSettingsSearchService.startSearch(this._filter, this._excludeSelectionStep, token);
+		this._aiSettingsSearchService.startSearch(this._filter, token);
 
 		return {
 			filterMatches: await this.getEmbeddingsItems(token),
@@ -441,7 +440,7 @@ class EmbeddingsSearchProvider implements IRemoteSearchProvider {
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		const providerName = this._excludeSelectionStep ? EMBEDDINGS_ONLY_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME : EMBEDDINGS_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME;
+		const providerName = EMBEDDINGS_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME;
 		for (const settingKey of settings) {
 			if (filterMatches.length === EmbeddingsSearchProvider.EMBEDDINGS_SETTINGS_SEARCH_MAX_PICKS) {
 				break;
@@ -589,7 +588,7 @@ class AiSearchProvider implements IAiSearchProvider {
 	constructor(
 		@IAiSettingsSearchService private readonly aiSettingsSearchService: IAiSettingsSearchService
 	) {
-		this._embeddingsSearchProvider = new EmbeddingsSearchProvider(this.aiSettingsSearchService, false);
+		this._embeddingsSearchProvider = new EmbeddingsSearchProvider(this.aiSettingsSearchService);
 		this._recordProvider = new SettingsRecordProvider();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/common/preferences.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/common/preferences.ts
index 1d7d9e4cdaa..e08775dfbfc 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/common/preferences.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/common/preferences.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ export const EXTENSION_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
 export const STRING_MATCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'local';
 export const TF_IDF_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'tfIdf';
 export const FILTER_MODEL_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'filterModel';
-export const EMBEDDINGS_ONLY_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'embeddingsOnly';
 export const EMBEDDINGS_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'embeddingsFull';
 export const LLM_RANKED_SEARCH_PROVIDER_NAME = 'llmRanked';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearch.ts
index 668cac29389..7fca600c672 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearch.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface IAiSettingsSearchService {
 
 	// Called from the Settings editor
 	isEnabled(): boolean;
-	startSearch(query: string, embeddingsOnly: boolean, token: CancellationToken): void;
+	startSearch(query: string, token: CancellationToken): void;
 	getEmbeddingsResults(query: string, token: CancellationToken): Promise<string[] | null>;
 	getLLMRankedResults(query: string, token: CancellationToken): Promise<string[] | null>;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearchService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearchService.ts
index c989fab5779..35d41bbbd7f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/aiSettingsSearch/common/aiSettingsSearchService.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class AiSettingsSearchService extends Disposable implements IAiSettingsSe
 		};
 	}
 
-	startSearch(query: string, embeddingsOnly: boolean, token: CancellationToken): void {
+	startSearch(query: string, token: CancellationToken): void {
 		if (!this.isEnabled()) {
 			throw new Error('No settings search providers registered');
 		}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class AiSettingsSearchService extends Disposable implements IAiSettingsSe
 		this._embeddingsResultsPromises.delete(query);
 		this._llmRankedResultsPromises.delete(query);
 
-		this._providers.forEach(provider => provider.searchSettings(query, { limit: AiSettingsSearchService.MAX_PICKS, embeddingsOnly }, token));
+		this._providers.forEach(provider => provider.searchSettings(query, { limit: AiSettingsSearchService.MAX_PICKS, embeddingsOnly: false }, token));
 	}
 
 	async getEmbeddingsResults(query: string, token: CancellationToken): Promise<string[] | null> {