diff --git a/app/controllers/submitters_autocomplete_controller.rb b/app/controllers/submitters_autocomplete_controller.rb
index 79816ee4..37b00c6e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/submitters_autocomplete_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/submitters_autocomplete_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SubmittersAutocompleteController < ApplicationController
 
       term = "#{params[:q].downcase}%"
 
-      submitters.where(column.matches(term, false, true))
+      submitters.where(column.matches(term))
     else
       Submitters.search(submitters, params[:q])
     end
diff --git a/app/javascript/elements/submitter_autocomplete.js b/app/javascript/elements/submitter_autocomplete.js
index 80df1dea..08db3808 100644
--- a/app/javascript/elements/submitter_autocomplete.js
+++ b/app/javascript/elements/submitter_autocomplete.js
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ export default class extends HTMLElement {
       this.currentFetch.then(async (resp) => {
         const items = await resp.json()
 
-        if (q.length < 3) {
-          resolve(items.filter((e) => e[this.dataset.field].startsWith(q)))
-        } else {
-          resolve(items)
-        }
+        resolve(items)
       }).catch(() => {
         resolve([])
       }).finally(() => {