diff --git a/package/src/api.ts b/package/src/api.ts
index 86b830ddd..6b7d9dea1 100644
--- a/package/src/api.ts
+++ b/package/src/api.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ export class API {
     /**
      * search returns the list of results fetched from the Sourcegraph search API.
      */
-    async search({
-        query,
-        fileLocal = false,
-    }: {
-        query: string
-        fileLocal?: boolean
-    }): Promise<Result[]> {
+    async search(query: string): Promise<Result[]> {
+        const fileLocal =
+            this.sourcegraph.configuration.get<Settings>().get('fileLocal') ||
+            false
+
         if (this.traceSearch) {
             console.log('%c' + 'Search', 'font-weight:bold;', {
                 query,
diff --git a/package/src/handler.ts b/package/src/handler.ts
index 78ee350c3..25aaa207e 100644
--- a/package/src/handler.ts
+++ b/package/src/handler.ts
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ export function findDocstring({
  */
 export interface Settings {
     ['basicCodeIntel.debug.traceSearch']?: boolean
+    ['fileLocal']?: boolean
 }
 
 interface BlockCommentStyle {
@@ -628,14 +629,7 @@ export class Handler {
                 this.sourcegraph.internal.sourcegraphURL.href ===
                 'https://sourcegraph.com/',
         })) {
-            const symbolResults = (await this.api.search({
-                query,
-                fileLocal: Boolean(
-                    this.sourcegraph.configuration
-                        .get()
-                        .get('feature.fileLocal')
-                ),
-            }))
+            const symbolResults = (await this.api.search(query))
                 .filter(
                     result =>
                         !result.fileLocal ||
@@ -681,7 +675,7 @@ export class Handler {
                         searchToken,
                         doc,
                         fileExts: this.fileExts,
-                    }).map(query => this.api.search({ query }))
+                    }).map(query => this.api.search(query))
                 )
             ).map(result =>
                 resultToLocation({ result, sourcegraph: this.sourcegraph })
@@ -706,10 +700,10 @@ export class Handler {
             } else {
                 const { repo, rev, path } = parseUri(doc.uri)
 
-                const r = await this.api.search({
-                    query: `repo:${repo}@${rev} count:1000 file:${path} type:symbol ^`, // ^ matches everything (can't leave out a query)
-                    fileLocal: true,
-                })
+                // ^ matches everything (can't leave out a query)
+                const r = await this.api.search(
+                    `repo:${repo}@${rev} count:1000 file:${path} type:symbol ^`
+                )
                 editor.setDecorations(
                     this.sourcegraph.app.createDecorationType(),
                     r.map(v => ({