diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/site-macros.vm b/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/site-macros.vm
index 78085ad..0418f30 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/site-macros.vm
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/site-macros.vm
@@ -629,9 +629,8 @@
 #*  *##set( $sitesearchValue = $project.url.substring( $startIndex, $project.url.length() ) )
 #**##end
   <input value="$sitesearchValue" name="sitesearch" type="hidden"/>
-  <input class="search-query" name="q" id="query" type="text" />
+  <input class="search-query" name="q" id="query" type="text" placeholder="Search with Google..." />
 </form>
-<script>asyncJs( 'https://cse.google.com/brand?form=search-form' )</script>
 #end
 ##
 #macro ( forkMeOnGitHub )
diff --git a/src/main/resources/css/maven-theme.css b/src/main/resources/css/maven-theme.css
index 1ce0c98..a18b90b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/css/maven-theme.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/css/maven-theme.css
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@
 }
 
 .search-query {
-  background-image: url(https://cse.google.com/cse/images/google_custom_search_watermark.gif);
-  background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;
-  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;
   width:95%;
 }