diff --git a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.html b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.html
index 6cbae34616..9922857eee 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/comcol/sections/comcol-search-section/comcol-search-section.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <ds-themed-search
   [showScopeSelector]="false"
+  [hideScopeInUrl]="true"
   [scope]="(comcol$ | async)?.id">
 </ds-themed-search>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
index 151ded6f9e..c9aa003486 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/search-form.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, OnChanges } from '@angular/core';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
-import { isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
+import { isNotEmpty, hasValue } from '../empty.util';
 import { SearchService } from '../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { currentPath } from '../utils/route.utils';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export class SearchFormComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input()
   scope = '';
 
+  /**
+   * Hides the scope in the url, this can be useful when you hardcode the scope in another way
+   */
+  @Input() hideScopeInUrl = false;
+
   selectedScope: BehaviorSubject<DSpaceObject> = new BehaviorSubject<DSpaceObject>(undefined);
 
   @Input() currentUrl: string;
@@ -115,6 +120,9 @@ export class SearchFormComponent implements OnChanges {
    */
   updateSearch(data: any) {
     const queryParams = Object.assign({}, data);
+    if (hasValue(data.scope) && this.hideScopeInUrl) {
+      delete queryParams.scope;
+    }
 
     void this.router.navigate(this.getSearchLinkParts(), {
       queryParams: queryParams,
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component.ts
index 50b3751b06..83c396b2f9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search-form/themed-search-form.component.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export class ThemedSearchFormComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchFormCompone
 
   @Input() scope: string;
 
+  @Input() hideScopeInUrl: boolean;
+
   @Input() currentUrl: string;
 
   @Input() large: boolean;
@@ -31,7 +33,15 @@ export class ThemedSearchFormComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchFormCompone
   @Output() submitSearch: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
 
   protected inAndOutputNames: (keyof SearchFormComponent & keyof this)[] = [
-    'query', 'inPlaceSearch', 'scope', 'currentUrl', 'large', 'brandColor', 'searchPlaceholder', 'showScopeSelector',
+    'query',
+    'inPlaceSearch',
+    'scope',
+    'hideScopeInUrl',
+    'currentUrl',
+    'large',
+    'brandColor',
+    'searchPlaceholder',
+    'showScopeSelector',
     'submitSearch',
   ];
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.html b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.html
index d43f506866..9c94b9e4c9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.html
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     <ds-themed-search-form *ngIf="searchEnabled" id="search-form"
                     [query]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.query"
                     [scope]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.scope"
+                    [hideScopeInUrl]="hideScopeInUrl"
                     [currentUrl]="searchLink"
                     [showScopeSelector]="showScopeSelector"
                     [inPlaceSearch]="inPlaceSearch"
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
index fc07893d72..ef3dfbc456 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search.component.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    */
   @Input() scope: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Hides the scope in the url, this can be useful when you hardcode the scope in another way
+   */
+  @Input() hideScopeInUrl: boolean;
+
   /**
    * The current configuration used during the search
    */
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
index 38df90dd8a..a20b407e2a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/themed-search.component.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class ThemedSearchComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchComponent> {
     'trackStatistics',
     'query',
     'scope',
+    'hideScopeInUrl',
     'resultFound',
     'deselectObject',
     'selectObject',
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ export class ThemedSearchComponent extends ThemedComponent<SearchComponent> {
 
   @Input() scope: string;
 
+  @Input() hideScopeInUrl: boolean;
+
   @Output() resultFound: EventEmitter<SearchObjects<DSpaceObject>> = new EventEmitter();
 
   @Output() deselectObject: EventEmitter<ListableObject> = new EventEmitter();