diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
index c99ac0c776a0..317358427332 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
@@ -1258,6 +1258,17 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
         verify(mockPixel).fire("rq_1")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun whenUserSubmittedDifferentQueryAndOldQueryIsUrlThenDoNotSendQueryChangePixel() {
+        whenever(mockOmnibarConverter.convertQueryToUrl("another query", null)).thenReturn("another query")
+        loadUrl("www.foo.com")
+
+        testee.onUserSubmittedQuery("another query")
+
+        verify(mockPixel, never()).fire("rq_0")
+        verify(mockPixel, never()).fire("rq_1")
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun whenUserBrowsingPressesBackAndBrowserCanGoBackThenNavigatesToPreviousPageAndHandledTrue() {
         setupNavigation(isBrowsing = true, canGoBack = true, stepsToPreviousPage = 2)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
index 866691da37de..d26cfb07f473 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
         val oldQuery = currentOmnibarViewState().omnibarText.toUri()
         val newQuery = omnibarText.toUri()
 
+        if (Patterns.WEB_URL.matcher(oldQuery.toString()).matches()) return
+
         if (oldQuery == newQuery) {
             pixel.fire(String.format(Locale.US, PixelName.SERP_REQUERY.pixelName, PixelParameter.SERP_QUERY_NOT_CHANGED))
         } else if (oldQuery.toString().isNotBlank()) { // blank means no previous search, don't send pixel