diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/filter-column.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/filter-column.ecr
index 71a5015b..d8e99ebd 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/filter-column.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/filter-column.ecr
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     # - filters: the array of filters within the column we're creating
     # - filter_name: name of the filter
     # - selected_default: default selected filter
+    # - allow_removal: allows selected filter to be removed?
 -%>
 
 <div class="pure-u-1-3 pure-u-md-1-5 filter-catagory" id="filter-<%= filter_name %>">
@@ -18,11 +19,14 @@
             <li class="pure-menu-item">
 
                 <% if operators.fetch(filter_name, selected_default) == filter %>
-                    <a style="color: inherit;" href="<%= base_url + "#{filter_params.gsub(/&#{filter_name}=[a-z]+/, "")}"%>">
+                    <% if allow_removal %>
+                        <a style="color: inherit;" href="<%= base_url + "#{filter_params.gsub(/&#{filter_name}=[a-z]+/, "")}"%>">
+                            <b><%= translate(locale, filter) %></b>
+                            <i class="remove-filter icon ion-md-close"></i>
+                        </a>
+                    <% else %>
                         <b><%= translate(locale, filter) %></b>
-                        <i class="remove-filter icon ion-md-close"></i>
-                    </a>
-
+                    <% end %>
                 <% else %>
                     <a href="<%= base_url + "#{filter_params.gsub(/&#{filter_name}=[a-z]+/, "")}&#{filter_name}=#{filter}"%>">
                         <%= translate(locale, filter) %>
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/search-filters.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/search-filters.ecr
index 2eb8b330..cd805f1e 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/search-filters.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/search-filters/search-filters.ecr
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@
         <% filter_params = env.request.query_params.to_s.gsub(/q=.+?(?=&|$)/, "").gsub(/&page=\d+/, "") %>
         <% base_url = "/search?q=#{URI.encode_www_form(query.not_nil!)}" -%>
 
+        <% 
+            # Literally only needed for the sort_by column. So for the rest we'd just use these values:
+            selected_default = "NotNeeded"
+            allow_removal = true
+        %>
+
         <% filters = ["hour", "today", "week", "month", "year"] %>
         <% filter_name = "date" %>
-        <% selected_default = "NotNeeded" %>
         <%= rendered "components/search-filters/filter-column" -%>
 
         <% filters = ["video", "channel", "playlist", "movie", "show"] %>
         <% filter_name = "content_type" %>
-        <% selected_default = "NotNeeded" %>
         <%= rendered "components/search-filters/filter-column" -%>
 
         <% filters = ["short", "long"] %>
@@ -70,7 +74,12 @@
 
         <% filters = ["relevance", "rating", "date", "views"] %>
         <% filter_name = "sort" %>
-        <% selected_default = "relevance" %>
+        <% 
+            # Literally only needed for the sort_by column. So for the rest we'd just use these values:
+            selected_default = "relevance"
+            allow_removal = false
+        %>
+
         <%= rendered "components/search-filters/filter-column" -%>
 
     </div>