diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/metadata_store/restapi/tests/test_search_endpoint.py b/src/tribler/core/components/metadata_store/restapi/tests/test_search_endpoint.py
index 27fa0ead6be..ea2e4cda8cd 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/metadata_store/restapi/tests/test_search_endpoint.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/metadata_store/restapi/tests/test_search_endpoint.py
@@ -147,21 +147,21 @@ async def test_search_with_space(rest_api, metadata_store):
         metadata_store.TorrentMetadata(title='abc defxyz', infohash=random_infohash())
 
     s1 = to_fts_query("abc")
-    assert s1 == '"abc"*'
+    assert s1 == '"abc"'
 
     s2 = to_fts_query("abc def")
-    assert s2 == '"abc" "def"*'
+    assert s2 == '"abc" "def"'
 
     ss2 = to_fts_query(s2)
     assert ss2 == s2
 
     parsed = await do_request(rest_api, f'search?txt_filter={s1}', expected_code=200)
     results = {item["name"] for item in parsed["results"]}
-    assert results == {'abc', 'abc.def', 'abc def', 'abc defxyz', 'abcxyz def'}
+    assert results == {'abc', 'abc.def', 'abc def', 'abc defxyz'}
 
     parsed = await do_request(rest_api, f'search?txt_filter={s2}', expected_code=200)
     results = {item["name"] for item in parsed["results"]}
-    assert results == {'abc.def', 'abc def', 'abc defxyz'}  # but not 'abcxyz def'
+    assert results == {'abc.def', 'abc def'}  # but not 'abcxyz def'
 
 
 async def test_single_snippet_in_search(rest_api, metadata_store, knowledge_db):
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/utilities/tests/test_utilities.py b/src/tribler/core/utilities/tests/test_utilities.py
index 4273445496d..d1533b83fc5 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/utilities/tests/test_utilities.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/utilities/tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ def test_to_fts_query():
     assert to_fts_query(None) is None
     assert to_fts_query('') is None
     assert to_fts_query('   ') is None
-    assert to_fts_query('  abc') == '"abc"*'
-    assert to_fts_query('abc def') == '"abc" "def"*'
-    assert to_fts_query('[abc, def]: xyz?!') == '"abc" "def" "xyz"*'
+    assert to_fts_query('  abc') == '"abc"'
+    assert to_fts_query('abc def') == '"abc" "def"'
+    assert to_fts_query('[abc, def]: xyz?!') == '"abc" "def" "xyz"'
 
 
 def test_extract_tags():
diff --git a/src/tribler/core/utilities/utilities.py b/src/tribler/core/utilities/utilities.py
index 1de9bf43193..db96248cf98 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/utilities/utilities.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/utilities/utilities.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def to_fts_query(text):
     if not words:
         return None
 
-    return ' '.join(words) + '*'
+    return ' '.join(words)
 
 
 def show_system_popup(title, text):