diff --git a/templates/web/prod/thesaurus.js.twig b/templates/web/prod/thesaurus.js.twig
index 541f35ed78..8dad9477c9 100644
--- a/templates/web/prod/thesaurus.js.twig
+++ b/templates/web/prod/thesaurus.js.twig
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ function doThesSearch(type, sbid, term, field)
   if(type=='T')
     v = '[' + term + ']';
   else
-    v = '"' + term + '" IN ' + field;
+    v = field + '="' + term + '"';
   selectedFacetValues = [];
   $('#EDIT_query').val(v);
   checkFilters();
diff --git a/www/skins/client/jquery.p4client.1.0.js b/www/skins/client/jquery.p4client.1.0.js
index c7e9fe28bf..37f70b6275 100644
--- a/www/skins/client/jquery.p4client.1.0.js
+++ b/www/skins/client/jquery.p4client.1.0.js
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ function doThesSearch(type, sbid, term, field) {
     if (type == 'T')
         v = '*:"' + term.replace("(", "[").replace(")", "]") + '"';
     else
-        v = '"' + term + '" IN ' + field;
+        v = field '="' + term + '"';
     doSpecialSearch(v, true);
 }
 
@@ -963,4 +963,3 @@ function execLastAct(lastAct) {
     }
     return;
 }
-