diff --git a/cypress/e2e/header.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/header.cy.ts
index 1a9b841eb7..9852216e43 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/header.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/header.cy.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ describe('Header', () => {
         cy.get('ds-header').should('be.visible');
 
         // Analyze <ds-header> for accessibility
-        testA11y({
-            include: ['ds-header'],
-            exclude: [
-                ['#search-navbar-container'] // search in navbar has duplicative ID. Will be fixed in #1174
-            ],
-        });
+        testA11y('ds-header');
     });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html b/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html
index 02a9890502..e9b5f285fb 100644
--- a/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div id="search-navbar-container" [title]="'nav.search' | translate" (dsClickOutside)="collapse()">
+<div [title]="'nav.search' | translate" (dsClickOutside)="collapse()">
   <div class="d-inline-block position-relative">
     <form [formGroup]="searchForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit(searchForm.value)" autocomplete="on" class="d-flex">
       <input #searchInput [@toggleAnimation]="isExpanded" [attr.aria-label]="('nav.search' | translate)" name="query"
diff --git a/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.spec.ts b/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.spec.ts
index b67f5f0eb4..7edae293e1 100644
--- a/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/search-navbar/search-navbar.component.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { SearchService } from '../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { TranslateLoaderMock } from '../shared/mocks/translate-loader.mock';
 
 import { SearchNavbarComponent } from './search-navbar.component';
-import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../shared/testing/pagination-service.stub';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import { BrowserOnlyMockPipe } from '../shared/testing/browser-only-mock.pipe';
 
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<SearchNavbarComponent>;
   let mockSearchService: any;
   let router: Router;
-  let routerStub;
-  let paginationService;
 
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     mockSearchService = {
@@ -27,12 +24,6 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
       }
     };
 
-    routerStub = {
-      navigate: (commands) => commands
-    };
-
-    paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub();
-
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
         FormsModule,
@@ -72,7 +63,7 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
       spyOn(component, 'expand').and.callThrough();
       spyOn(component, 'onSubmit').and.callThrough();
       spyOn(router, 'navigate');
-      const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#search-navbar-container form .submit-icon'));
+      const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('form .submit-icon'));
       searchIcon.triggerEventHandler('click', {
         preventDefault: () => {/**/
         }
@@ -88,7 +79,7 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
     describe('empty query', () => {
       describe('press submit button', () => {
         beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
-          const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#search-navbar-container form .submit-icon'));
+          const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('form .submit-icon'));
           searchIcon.triggerEventHandler('click', {
             preventDefault: () => {/**/
             }
@@ -97,7 +88,7 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
           fixture.detectChanges();
         }));
         it('to search page with empty query', () => {
-          const extras: NavigationExtras = {queryParams: { query: '' }, queryParamsHandling: 'merge'};
+          const extras: NavigationExtras = { queryParams: { query: '' }, queryParamsHandling: 'merge' };
           expect(component.onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ query: '' });
           expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['search'], extras);
         });
@@ -109,20 +100,20 @@ describe('SearchNavbarComponent', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         await fixture.whenStable();
         fixture.detectChanges();
-        searchInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#search-navbar-container form input'));
+        searchInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('form input'));
         searchInput.nativeElement.value = 'test';
         searchInput.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
         fixture.detectChanges();
       });
       describe('press submit button', () => {
         beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
-          const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#search-navbar-container form .submit-icon'));
+          const searchIcon = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('form .submit-icon'));
           searchIcon.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
           tick();
           fixture.detectChanges();
         }));
         it('to search page with query', async () => {
-          const extras: NavigationExtras = { queryParams: { query: 'test' }, queryParamsHandling: 'merge'};
+          const extras: NavigationExtras = { queryParams: { query: 'test' }, queryParamsHandling: 'merge' };
           expect(component.onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ query: 'test' });
 
           expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['search'], extras);