diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
index c607d780ef968..d7f735e957db9 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	unicodeNormalizeName = "unicodeNormalize"
 	maxBatchSize         = 16
-	// fuzzyDenominator determines the levenshtein distance per each character of a keyword
-	fuzzyDenominator = 4
 )
 
 func addUnicodeNormalizeTokenFilter(m *mapping.IndexMappingImpl) error {
@@ -241,12 +239,15 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, opts *internal.SearchOptions) (int
 		keywordQuery query.Query
 	)
 
-	phraseQuery := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(opts.Keyword)
-	phraseQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
-	phraseQuery.Analyzer = repoIndexerAnalyzer
-	keywordQuery = phraseQuery
 	if opts.IsKeywordFuzzy {
-		phraseQuery.Fuzziness = len(opts.Keyword) / fuzzyDenominator
+		phraseQuery := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(opts.Keyword)
+		phraseQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
+		phraseQuery.Analyzer = repoIndexerAnalyzer
+		keywordQuery = phraseQuery
+	} else {
+		prefixQuery := bleve.NewPrefixQuery(opts.Keyword)
+		prefixQuery.FieldVal = "Content"
+		keywordQuery = prefixQuery
 	}
 
 	if len(opts.RepoIDs) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
index 21422b281c498..b96875343e5ea 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
@@ -20,11 +20,17 @@ func NumericEqualityQuery(value int64, field string) *query.NumericRangeQuery {
 }
 
 // MatchPhraseQuery generates a match phrase query for the given phrase, field and analyzer
-func MatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string, fuzziness int) *query.MatchPhraseQuery {
+func MatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string) *query.MatchPhraseQuery {
 	q := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase)
 	q.FieldVal = field
 	q.Analyzer = analyzer
-	q.Fuzziness = fuzziness
+	return q
+}
+
+// PrefixQuery generates a match prefix query for the given prefix and field
+func PrefixQuery(matchPrefix, field string) *query.PrefixQuery {
+	q := bleve.NewPrefixQuery(matchPrefix)
+	q.FieldVal = field
 	return q
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
index 1f54be721b37c..927ad58cd4c57 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ func addUnicodeNormalizeTokenFilter(m *mapping.IndexMappingImpl) error {
 	})
 }
 
-const (
-	maxBatchSize = 16
-	// fuzzyDenominator determines the levenshtein distance per each character of a keyword
-	fuzzyDenominator = 4
-)
+const maxBatchSize = 16
 
 // IndexerData an update to the issue indexer
 type IndexerData internal.IndexerData
@@ -160,16 +156,19 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 	var queries []query.Query
 
 	if options.Keyword != "" {
-		fuzziness := 0
 		if options.IsFuzzyKeyword {
-			fuzziness = len(options.Keyword) / fuzzyDenominator
+			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer),
+			}...))
+		} else {
+			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
+				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "title"),
+				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "content"),
+				inner_bleve.PrefixQuery(options.Keyword, "comments"),
+			}...))
 		}
-
-		queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-		}...))
 	}
 
 	if len(options.RepoIDs) > 0 || options.AllPublic {
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
index 56cc45d9010e5..cf199e98c2895 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_search_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestSearchRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	repo, err := repo_model.GetRepositoryByOwnerAndName(db.DefaultContext, "user2", "repo1")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer(repo)
+	executeIndexer(t, repo, code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer)
 
 	testSearch(t, "/user2/repo1/search?q=Description&page=1", []string{"README.md"})
 
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ func TestSearchRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	repo, err = repo_model.GetRepositoryByOwnerAndName(db.DefaultContext, "user2", "glob")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer(repo)
+	executeIndexer(t, repo, code_indexer.UpdateRepoIndexer)
 
 	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=loren&page=1", []string{"a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=loren&page=1&t=match", []string{"a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file4&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
-	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file5&page=1&t=match", []string{"x/b.txt", "a.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file3&page=1", []string{"x/b.txt"})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file4&page=1", []string{})
+	testSearch(t, "/user2/glob/search?q=file5&page=1", []string{})
 }
 
 func testSearch(t *testing.T, url string, expected []string) {
@@ -59,3 +57,7 @@ func testSearch(t *testing.T, url string, expected []string) {
 	filenames := resultFilenames(t, NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, filenames)
 }
+
+func executeIndexer(t *testing.T, repo *repo_model.Repository, op func(*repo_model.Repository)) {
+	op(repo)
+}