diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/coupons.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/coupons.js
index c3a743a0dfd..832a052ccce 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/coupons.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/coupons.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				search: encodeURIComponent( search ),
+				search,
 				per_page: 10,
 			};
 			payload = stringifyQuery( query );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product-cat.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product-cat.js
index 41e4fd87ba1..1bcafd3ec30 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product-cat.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product-cat.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				search: encodeURIComponent( search ),
+				search,
 				per_page: 10,
 				orderby: 'count',
 			};
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
index 9f148f63f2d..f117014de53 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/product.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				search: encodeURIComponent( search ),
+				search,
 				per_page: 10,
 				orderby: 'popularity',
 			};
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/taxes.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/taxes.js
index c15f73bdc56..f5475951c01 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/taxes.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/taxes.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				search: encodeURIComponent( search ),
+				search,
 				per_page: 10,
 			};
 			payload = stringifyQuery( query );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/variations.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/variations.js
index 5b91c210c0e..2b3fcc4be4a 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/variations.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/packages/components/src/search/autocompleters/variations.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default {
 		let payload = '';
 		if ( search ) {
 			const query = {
-				search: encodeURIComponent( search ),
+				search,
 				per_page: 10,
 			};
 			payload = stringifyQuery( query );