diff --git a/browser/components/preferences/main.inc.xhtml b/browser/components/preferences/main.inc.xhtml
index f3b761579fa956dac1d5883409fdaf4e87df226f..7529c5b89a875adec3852a53786d08a5968f70c3 100644
--- a/browser/components/preferences/main.inc.xhtml
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/main.inc.xhtml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 </hbox>
 
 <!-- Website appearance -->
-<groupbox id="webAppearanceGroup" data-category="paneGeneral" hidden="true">
+<groupbox id="webAppearanceGroup" data-category="paneGeneral" hidden="true" data-hidden-from-search="true">
   <html:h2 data-l10n-id="preferences-web-appearance-header"/>
   <html:div id="webAppearanceSettings">
     <description data-l10n-id="preferences-web-appearance-description"/>