diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 9f1dd87a6..dd413abdb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ def update
   private
 
   def search_params
-    {s: 'member_uid asc'}.merge(params.fetch(:q, {}))
+    q = params.fetch(:q, {})
+
+    if params[:q].present?
+      q[:member_uid_eq] = q[:user_username_or_user_email_contains]
+      q[:m] = 'or'
+    end
+
+    { s: 'member_uid asc' }.merge(q)
   end
 
   def scoped_users
diff --git a/app/models/member.rb b/app/models/member.rb
index d84d55e5d..6c0b9aeca 100644
--- a/app/models/member.rb
+++ b/app/models/member.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
-  # Cast the member_uid integer to a string to allow pg ILIKE search (from Ransack *_contains)
-  ransacker :member_uid do
-    Arel.sql("to_char(member_uid, '9999999')")
-  end
-
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :organization
   has_one :account, as: :accountable
diff --git a/app/views/users/index.html.erb b/app/views/users/index.html.erb
index 126e72e87..5ee524add 100644
--- a/app/views/users/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/index.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <div class="col-md-12">
       <%= search_form_for(@search, class: "navbar-form navbar-left", url: users_path) do |f| %>
         <div class="form-group">
-          <%= f.search_field :user_username_or_user_email_or_member_uid_contains, class: "form-control" %>
+          <%= f.search_field :user_username_or_user_email_contains, class: "form-control" %>
         </div>
         <button class="btn btn-default" type="submit">
           <%= t 'global.search' %>
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 9ad48fef0..118fee6d8 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         user = Fabricate(:user, username: 'foo', email: 'foo@email.com')
         member = Fabricate(:member, user: user, organization: test_organization, member_uid: 1000)
 
-        get :index, q: { user_username_or_user_email_or_member_uid_contains: 1000 }
+        get :index, q: { user_username_or_user_email_contains: 1000 }
 
         expect(assigns(:members)).to include(member)
       end