diff --git a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
index aa444243..3a07e09f 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
@@ -72,23 +72,9 @@ class FilterState:
     page_size: int | None = 500
 
     # these should be erased on update
-    # whole path
-    path: Path | str | None = None
-
     # Abstract Syntax Tree Of the current Search Query
     ast: Query = None
 
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        # strip values automatically
-
-        query = None
-
-        if self.path is not None:
-            query = f"path:'{str(self.path).strip()}'"
-
-        if query is not None:
-            self.ast = Parser(query).parse()
-
     @property
     def limit(self):
         return self.page_size
diff --git a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/library.py b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/library.py
index 04d8015a..9ed63a55 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/library.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/core/library/alchemy/library.py
@@ -447,9 +447,6 @@ class Library:
                     .outerjoin(TagAlias)
                     .where(SQLBoolExpressionBuilder().visit(search.ast))
                 )
-            elif search.path:
-                search_str = str(search.path).replace("*", "%")
-                statement = statement.where(Entry.path.ilike(search_str))
 
             extensions = self.prefs(LibraryPrefs.EXTENSION_LIST)
             is_exclude_list = self.prefs(LibraryPrefs.IS_EXCLUDE_LIST)