diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
index 24dac640284e..2f49250cae6b 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   computedAsync,
   debouncedWatch,
   onKeyStroke,
-  reactify,
   useEventListener,
   useLocalStorage,
   useScrollLock,
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   onMounted,
   ref,
   shallowRef,
-  toRef,
   watch,
   watchEffect,
   type Ref
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ import type { ModalTranslations } from '../../../../types/local-search'
 import { pathToFile } from '../../app/utils'
 import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import { LRUCache } from '../support/lru'
-import { createTranslate } from '../support/translation'
+import { createSearchTranslate } from '../support/translation'
 
 const emit = defineEmits<{
   (e: 'close'): void
@@ -361,10 +359,7 @@ const defaultTranslations: { modal: ModalTranslations } = {
   }
 }
 
-const $t = reactify(createTranslate)(
-  toRef(() => theme.value.search?.options),
-  defaultTranslations
-)
+const $t = createSearchTranslate(defaultTranslations)
 
 // Back
 
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarSearchButton.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarSearchButton.vue
index a53e5a0155a5..2c9433634246 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarSearchButton.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarSearchButton.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import { reactify } from '@vueuse/core'
-import { toRef } from 'vue'
 import type { ButtonTranslations } from '../../../../types/local-search'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
-import { createTranslate } from '../support/translation'
-
-const { theme } = useData()
+import { createSearchTranslate } from '../support/translation'
 
 // Button-Translations
 const defaultTranslations: { button: ButtonTranslations } = {
@@ -15,10 +10,7 @@ const defaultTranslations: { button: ButtonTranslations } = {
   }
 }
 
-const $t = reactify(createTranslate)(
-  toRef(() => theme.value.search?.options),
-  defaultTranslations
-)
+const $t = createSearchTranslate(defaultTranslations)
 </script>
 
 <template>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/support/translation.ts b/src/client/theme-default/support/translation.ts
index 607d5db3c118..12ade37b6e3f 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/support/translation.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/support/translation.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 /**
  * @param themeObject Can be an object with `translations` and `locales` properties
  */
-export function createTranslate(
-  themeObject: any,
+export function createSearchTranslate(
   defaultTranslations: Record<string, any>
 ): (key: string) => string {
-  const { localeIndex } = useData()
+  const { localeIndex, theme } = useData()
 
   function translate(key: string): string {
     const keyPath = key.split('.')
+    const themeObject = theme.value.search?.options
 
     const isObject = themeObject && typeof themeObject === 'object'
     const locales =