diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
index 5af5837495..cfdd31f138 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedContentQuery.cs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 //get all index fields suffixed with the culture name supplied
                 var cultureFields = umbIndex.GetCultureAndInvariantFields(culture).ToArray();
                 var qry = searcher.CreateQuery();
-                qry = qry.And().ManagedQuery(term, cultureFields);
+                qry = qry.ManagedQuery(term, cultureFields);
                 results = qry.Execute(count);
             }