diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/library.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/library.js
index 5646abc738..70c67242af 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/library.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/library.js
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ Zotero.defineProperty(Zotero.Library.prototype, 'libraryTypeID', {
 	}
 });
 
+Zotero.defineProperty(Zotero.Library.prototype, 'isGroup', {
+	get: function () {
+		return this.libraryType == 'group';
+	}
+});
+
 Zotero.defineProperty(Zotero.Library.prototype, 'libraryVersion', {
 	get: function() { return this._get('_libraryVersion'); },
 	set: function(v) { return this._set('_libraryVersion', v); }
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/search.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/search.js
index c7ae8d738b..6414148c03 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/search.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data/search.js
@@ -247,12 +247,6 @@ Zotero.Search.prototype._finalizeSave = Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (env)
 		Zotero.Notifier.queue('modify', 'search', this.id, env.notifierData, env.options.notifierQueue);
 	}
 	
-	if (env.isNew && Zotero.Libraries.isGroupLibrary(this.libraryID)) {
-		var groupID = Zotero.Groups.getGroupIDFromLibraryID(this.libraryID);
-		var group = yield Zotero.Groups.get(groupID);
-		group.clearSearchCache();
-	}
-	
 	if (!env.skipCache) {
 		yield this.reload();
 		// If new, there's no other data we don't have, so we can mark everything as loaded
diff --git a/test/tests/librariesTest.js b/test/tests/librariesTest.js
index ba2da772af..f27176967e 100644
--- a/test/tests/librariesTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/librariesTest.js
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ describe("Zotero.Libraries", function() {
 				assert.isFalse(Zotero.Libraries.isGroupLibrary(id), "returns false for " + type + " library");
 			}
 		});
-		if("should return true for group library", function(){
+		
+		it("should return true for group library", function () {
 			assert.isTrue(Zotero.Libraries.isGroupLibrary(group.libraryID));
 		})
+		
 		it("should throw for invalid library ID", function() {
 			assert.throws(Zotero.Libraries.isGroupLibrary.bind(Zotero.Libraries, -1), /^Invalid library ID /);
 		});