diff --git a/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js b/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
index 5c6c3d80f5..7dddc8897e 100644
--- a/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
+++ b/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ function getSearchHelper(frontendKey) {
         return '';
     }
 
-    let helper = `<script defer src="${config.get('sodoSearch:url')}" data-sodo-search="${urlUtils.getSiteUrl()}" data-version="${config.get('sodoSearch:version')}" data-key="${frontendKey}" data-api="${urlUtils.urlFor('api', {type: 'content'}, true)}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>`;
+    const adminUrl = urlUtils.getAdminUrl() || urlUtils.getSiteUrl();
+
+    let helper = `<script defer src="${config.get('sodoSearch:url')}" data-sodo-search="${adminUrl}" data-version="${config.get('sodoSearch:version')}" data-key="${frontendKey}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>`;
 
     return helper;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.test.js b/test/unit/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.test.js
index d80819709a..fe9e6df3d3 100644
--- a/test/unit/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.test.js
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
             })).then(function (rendered) {
                 should.exist(rendered);
                 rendered.string.should.containEql('<script defer src="https://unpkg.com/@tryghost/sodo-search');
-                rendered.string.should.containEql('data-sodo-search="http://127.0.0.1:2369/" data-version="0.1.0" data-key="xyz" data-api="http://127.0.0.1:2369/ghost/api/content/"');
+                rendered.string.should.containEql('data-sodo-search="http://127.0.0.1:2369/" data-version="0.1.0" data-key="xyz"');
 
                 done();
             }).catch(done);