diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
index 03474e827..761ea3dfd 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jquery.fileupload-ui.css"/>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jqueryFileTree.css"/>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/chosen-0.9.8.css"/>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jquery-ui-1.9.2.custom.min.css"/>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/select2-3.2.css"/>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.2.2.1.css">
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/archiva.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/archiva.js
index 04f1e3d5a..6c3bd992a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/archiva.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/archiva.js
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ $.ajax({
                     "jquery.ui.widget": "jquery.ui.widget-1.9.2",
                     "jquery.cookie": "jquery.cookie.1.0.0",
                     "bootstrap": "bootstrap.2.2.1",
-                    "choosen": "chosen.jquery-0.9.8",
                     "jquery.validate": "jquery.validate-1.9.0",
                     "jquery.json": "jquery.json-2.3.min",
                     "knockout": "knockout-2.2.0.debug",
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
index dd7120e43..2e6cefced 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-define("archiva.search",["jquery","i18n","jquery.tmpl","choosen","select2","knockout","knockout.simpleGrid","jqueryFileTree","prettify"]
-, function(jquery,i18n,jqueryTmpl,choosen,select2,ko,koSimpleGrid) {
+define("archiva.search",["jquery","i18n","jquery.tmpl","select2","knockout","knockout.simpleGrid","jqueryFileTree","prettify"]
+, function(jquery,i18n,jqueryTmpl,select2,ko,koSimpleGrid) {
 
   //-----------------------------------------
   // browse part
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ define("archiva.search",["jquery","i18n","jquery.tmpl","choosen","select2","knoc
           $.log("repos:"+repos);
           searchViewModel.observableRepoIds(repos);
           ko.applyBindings(searchViewModel,mainContent.find("#search-artifacts-div").get(0));
-          mainContent.find("#search-basic-repositories-select" ).select2();// .chosen();
+          mainContent.find("#search-basic-repositories-select" ).select2();
           if (successCallbackFn && $.isFunction(successCallbackFn)) successCallbackFn();
         }
     });