diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/simpleFindWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
index 02b522158d61a46d440c4a877ea5cba7ca8fb4a3..e37233661570a90a233a27a4ae216c95cf72c725 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
@@ -36,18 +36,16 @@ export abstract class SimpleFindWidget extends Widget {
 	private prevBtn: SimpleButton;
 	private nextBtn: SimpleButton;
 	private foundMatch: boolean;
-	private readonly _invertDefaultDirection: boolean | undefined;
 
 	constructor(
 		@IContextViewService private readonly _contextViewService: IContextViewService,
 		@IContextKeyService contextKeyService: IContextKeyService,
 		private readonly _state: FindReplaceState = new FindReplaceState(),
 		showOptionButtons?: boolean,
-		invertDefaultDirection?: boolean
+		private readonly _invertDefaultDirection: boolean = false
 	) {
 		super();
 
-		this._invertDefaultDirection = invertDefaultDirection;
 		this._findInput = this._register(new ContextScopedFindInput(null, this._contextViewService, {
 			label: NLS_FIND_INPUT_LABEL,
 			placeholder: NLS_FIND_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER,
@@ -96,14 +94,13 @@ export abstract class SimpleFindWidget extends Widget {
 
 		this._register(this._findInput.onKeyDown((e) => {
 			if (e.equals(KeyCode.Enter)) {
-				// Flip the direction search goes in the terminal case so it matches other terminals
-				this.find(this._invertDefaultDirection ? true : false);
+				this.find(this._invertDefaultDirection);
 				e.preventDefault();
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if (e.equals(KeyMod.Shift | KeyCode.Enter)) {
-				this.find(this._invertDefaultDirection ? false : true);
+				this.find(!this._invertDefaultDirection);
 				e.preventDefault();
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
index f8035e70b4fcee1ad94def4a2f2b802d5266516e..1ab97705568a9d1fd84467c03d3dfd4036622263 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { IContextViewService } from 'vs/platform/contextview/browser/contextView
 import { ITerminalService, KEYBINDING_CONTEXT_TERMINAL_FIND_WIDGET_INPUT_FOCUSED, KEYBINDING_CONTEXT_TERMINAL_FIND_WIDGET_FOCUSED } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal';
 import { IContextKeyService, IContextKey } from 'vs/platform/contextkey/common/contextkey';
 import { FindReplaceState } from 'vs/editor/contrib/find/findState';
+
 export class TerminalFindWidget extends SimpleFindWidget {
 	protected _findInputFocused: IContextKey<boolean>;
 	protected _findWidgetFocused: IContextKey<boolean>;