diff --git a/src/main/java/io/shiftleft/controller/SearchController.java b/src/main/java/io/shiftleft/controller/SearchController.java
index faa409760..56f304e65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/shiftleft/controller/SearchController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/shiftleft/controller/SearchController.java
@@ -18,15 +18,5 @@
 public class SearchController {
 
   @RequestMapping(value = "/search/user", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-  public String doGetSearch(@RequestParam String foo, HttpServletResponse response, HttpServletRequest request) {
-    java.lang.Object message = new Object();
-    try {
-      ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
-      Expression exp = parser.parseExpression(foo);
-      message = (Object) exp.getValue();
-    } catch (Exception ex) {
-      System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
-    }
-    return message.toString();
-  }
-}
+
+