diff --git a/gui-lib/framework/private/text.rkt b/gui-lib/framework/private/text.rkt
index 6eb5ed1c..603fc33c 100644
--- a/gui-lib/framework/private/text.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/framework/private/text.rkt
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@
                 (when to-replace-highlight
                   (unhighlight-replace))]
                [else
-                (define next (do-search (get-start-position) 'eof))
+                (define next (do-search (get-start-position)))
                 (begin-edit-sequence #t #f)
                 (cond
                   [(number? next)