diff --git a/cypress/e2e/origin-search.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/origin-search.cy.js
--- a/cypress/e2e/origin-search.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/origin-search.cy.js
@@ -199,9 +199,11 @@
         const searchText = 'plugin';
         doSearch(searchText);
         cy.wait('@originMetadataSearch').then((req) => {
-          expect(req.response.body[0].metadata.metadata.description).to.equal(
-            'Line numbering plugin for Highlight.js'
-            // metadata is defined in _TEST_ORIGINS variable in swh/web/tests/data.py
+          expect(req.response.body).to.deep.equal(
+            [
+              {'url': 'https://github.com/wcoder/highlightjs-line-numbers.js'}
+            ]
+            // origins are defined in _TEST_ORIGINS variable in swh/web/tests/data.py
           );
         });
       });
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/assets/browse/origin-search.js b/swh/web/browse/assets/browse/origin-search.js
--- a/swh/web/browse/assets/browse/origin-search.js
+++ b/swh/web/browse/assets/browse/origin-search.js
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
     baseSearchUrl.searchParams.append('use_ql', useSearchQL ?? false);
   }
 
+  // As we only use the 'url' field of results, tell the server not to send metadata
+  baseSearchUrl.searchParams.append('fields', 'url');
+
   const withVisit = $('#swh-search-origins-with-visit').prop('checked');
   baseSearchUrl.searchParams.append('limit', limit);
   baseSearchUrl.searchParams.append('with_visit', withVisit);