diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
index 87f7ee2457c46ae75f13d6365a4e2d5f695a95ce..0314b85ed153562826a8c2f6ee95b6ceba83c6e7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { IAction } from 'vs/base/common/actions';
 import { Disposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import * as paths from 'vs/base/common/paths';
 import * as resources from 'vs/base/common/resources';
-import { IFilter, ISorter, ITree } from 'vs/base/parts/tree/browser/tree';
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { FileKind } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
@@ -26,13 +25,7 @@ import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace
 import { IResourceLabel, ResourceLabels } from 'vs/workbench/browser/labels';
 import { RemoveAction, ReplaceAction, ReplaceAllAction, ReplaceAllInFolderAction } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchActions';
 import { SearchView } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView';
-import { FileMatch, FolderMatch, Match, RenderableMatch, searchMatchComparer, SearchModel } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel';
-
-export class SearchSorter implements ISorter {
-	public compare(tree: ITree, elementA: RenderableMatch, elementB: RenderableMatch): number {
-		return searchMatchComparer(elementA, elementB);
-	}
-}
+import { FileMatch, FolderMatch, Match, RenderableMatch, SearchModel } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel';
 
 interface IFolderMatchTemplate {
 	label: IResourceLabel;
@@ -320,10 +313,3 @@ export class SearchAccessibilityProvider implements IAccessibilityProvider<Rende
 		return undefined;
 	}
 }
-
-export class SearchFilter implements IFilter {
-
-	public isVisible(tree: ITree, element: any): boolean {
-		return !(element instanceof FileMatch || element instanceof FolderMatch) || element.matches().length > 0;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/test/browser/searchViewlet.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/test/browser/searchViewlet.test.ts
index 206449b8b9f9074a94972dfb5678cf3e7ef11a4e..51e291fc8e52caedb2e855b8716e119030d77430 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/test/browser/searchViewlet.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/test/browser/searchViewlet.test.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import { TestInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/test/common/
 import { IFileMatch, ITextSearchMatch, OneLineRange, QueryType } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { TestWorkspace } from 'vs/platform/workspace/test/common/testWorkspace';
-import { SearchSorter } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView';
-import { FileMatch, Match, SearchResult, RenderableMatch } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel';
+import { FileMatch, Match, SearchResult, RenderableMatch, searchMatchComparer } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/common/searchModel';
 import { TestContextService } from 'vs/workbench/test/workbenchTestServices';
 import { createIterator } from 'vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView';
 import { ITreeElement } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree';
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ suite('Search - Viewlet', () => {
 		assert.equal((<Iterator<ITreeElement<RenderableMatch>>>first.value.children).next().value.element.id(), 'file:///c%3A/foo>[2,1 -> 2,2]b');
 	});
 
-	test('Sorter', () => {
+	test('Comparer', () => {
 		let fileMatch1 = aFileMatch('C:\\foo');
 		let fileMatch2 = aFileMatch('C:\\with\\path');
 		let fileMatch3 = aFileMatch('C:\\with\\path\\foo');
@@ -80,16 +79,14 @@ suite('Search - Viewlet', () => {
 		let lineMatch2 = new Match(fileMatch1, ['bar'], new OneLineRange(0, 1, 1), new OneLineRange(2, 1, 1));
 		let lineMatch3 = new Match(fileMatch1, ['bar'], new OneLineRange(0, 1, 1), new OneLineRange(2, 1, 1));
 
-		let s = new SearchSorter();
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(fileMatch1, fileMatch2) < 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(fileMatch2, fileMatch1) > 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(fileMatch1, fileMatch1) === 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(fileMatch2, fileMatch3) < 0);
 
-		assert(s.compare(null, fileMatch1, fileMatch2) < 0);
-		assert(s.compare(null, fileMatch2, fileMatch1) > 0);
-		assert(s.compare(null, fileMatch1, fileMatch1) === 0);
-		assert(s.compare(null, fileMatch2, fileMatch3) < 0);
-
-		assert(s.compare(null, lineMatch1, lineMatch2) < 0);
-		assert(s.compare(null, lineMatch2, lineMatch1) > 0);
-		assert(s.compare(null, lineMatch2, lineMatch3) === 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(lineMatch1, lineMatch2) < 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(lineMatch2, lineMatch1) > 0);
+		assert(searchMatchComparer(lineMatch2, lineMatch3) === 0);
 	});
 
 	function aFileMatch(path: string, searchResult?: SearchResult, ...lineMatches: ITextSearchMatch[]): FileMatch {