diff --git a/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts b/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
index 275c7daeb4680a5219638578cf0dffb93af6bea9..08e09a63d8b4157c97ba2ef16b1eb548271a0231 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ export interface ISearchConfigurationProperties {
 	useReplacePreview: boolean;
 	showLineNumbers: boolean;
 	usePCRE2: boolean;
-	actionsPosition: 'auto' | 'right';
 }
 
 export interface ISearchConfiguration extends IFilesConfiguration {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/media/searchview.css b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/media/searchview.css
index 2ea4ccf2b6f528822fa8c763b37e1c207639d688..1805429faba0d31404b6bce740b17f6ca5be0166 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/media/searchview.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/media/searchview.css
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
+.search-view:not(.wide) .foldermatch .monaco-icon-label,
+.search-view:not(.wide) .filematch .monaco-icon-label {
+	flex: 1;
+}
+
+.search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row:hover:not(.highlighted) .foldermatch .monaco-icon-label,
+.search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .foldermatch .monaco-icon-label,
+.search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row:hover:not(.highlighted) .filematch .monaco-icon-label,
+.search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .filematch .monaco-icon-label {
+	flex: 1;
+}
+
 .search-view .foldermatch .directory,
 .search-view .filematch .directory {
 	opacity: 0.7;
@@ -204,8 +216,8 @@
 	margin-left: 0.8em;
 }
 
-.search-view .foldermatch .badge,
-.search-view .filematch .badge {
+.search-view.wide .foldermatch .badge,
+.search-view.wide .filematch .badge {
 	margin-left: 10px;
 }
 
@@ -252,11 +264,15 @@
 
 .search-view .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row:hover:not(.highlighted) .monaco-action-bar,
 .search-view .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .monaco-action-bar {
-	display: block;
+	display: inline-block;
+}
+
+.search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row .linematch .actionBarContainer {
+	flex: 1;
 }
 
 .search-view:not(.wide) .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row .monaco-action-bar {
-	flex: 1 0 auto;
+	float: right;
 }
 
 .search-view .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row .monaco-action-bar .action-label {
@@ -308,7 +324,7 @@
 .search-view > .results > .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .content .filematch .monaco-count-badge,
 .search-view > .results > .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .content .foldermatch .monaco-count-badge,
 .search-view > .results > .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-row.focused .content .linematch .monaco-count-badge {
-	margin-right: 0;
+	display: none;
 }
 
 .search-view .focused .monaco-tree-row.selected:not(.highlighted) > .content.actions .action-remove,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
index cbba0a97400345bc3e420e080a350c01a20f679c..e70eaf83b0bd10cac2eb89d1617e851df5e80349 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ export class SearchRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
 		const replace = DOM.append(parent, DOM.$('span.replaceMatch'));
 		const after = DOM.append(parent, DOM.$('span'));
 		const lineNumber = DOM.append(container, DOM.$('span.matchLineNum'));
-		const actions = new ActionBar(container, { animated: false });
+		const actionBarContainer = DOM.append(container, DOM.$('span.actionBarContainer'));
+		const actions = new ActionBar(actionBarContainer, { animated: false });
 
 		return {
 			parent,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
index d4038d4e81faa150e04c32da77ec1587cfaa0fa0..511d2c559e7807a98740d0aeb0a7219bffc4e4f5 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instanti
 import { TreeResourceNavigator, WorkbenchTree } from 'vs/platform/list/browser/listService';
 import { INotificationService, Severity } from 'vs/platform/notification/common/notification';
 import { IProgressService } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
-import { IPatternInfo, ISearchComplete, ISearchConfiguration, ISearchHistoryService, ISearchHistoryValues, ISearchProgressItem, ITextQuery, VIEW_ID, SearchErrorCode, ISearchConfigurationProperties } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
+import { IPatternInfo, ISearchComplete, ISearchConfiguration, ISearchHistoryService, ISearchHistoryValues, ISearchProgressItem, ITextQuery, VIEW_ID, SearchErrorCode } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope } from 'vs/platform/storage/common/storage';
 import { ITelemetryService } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetry';
 import { diffInserted, diffInsertedOutline, diffRemoved, diffRemovedOutline, editorFindMatchHighlight, editorFindMatchHighlightBorder, listActiveSelectionForeground } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
@@ -784,9 +784,11 @@ export class SearchView extends Viewlet implements IViewlet, IPanel {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const actionsPosition = this.configurationService.getValue<ISearchConfigurationProperties>('search').actionsPosition;
-		const useWideLayout = this.size.width >= SearchView.WIDE_VIEW_SIZE && actionsPosition === 'auto';
-		dom.toggleClass(this.getContainer(), SearchView.WIDE_CLASS_NAME, useWideLayout);
+		if (this.size.width >= SearchView.WIDE_VIEW_SIZE) {
+			dom.addClass(this.getContainer(), SearchView.WIDE_CLASS_NAME);
+		} else {
+			dom.removeClass(this.getContainer(), SearchView.WIDE_CLASS_NAME);
+		}
 
 		this.searchWidget.setWidth(this.size.width - 28 /* container margin */);
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/electron-browser/search.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/electron-browser/search.contribution.ts
index 4c306b4acdf730ff894ffa24541e11aaabd2b311..b38067dd9f36597b4a44db13a41e4a680cffc7c1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/electron-browser/search.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/electron-browser/search.contribution.ts
@@ -674,16 +674,6 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: false,
 			description: nls.localize('search.usePCRE2', "Whether to use the PCRE2 regex engine in text search. This enables using some advanced regex features like lookbehind and backreferences. However, not all PCRE2 features are supported - only features that are also supported by JavaScript.")
-		},
-		'search.actionsPosition': {
-			type: 'string',
-			enum: ['auto', 'right'],
-			enumDescriptions: [
-				nls.localize('search.actionsPositionAuto', "Position the actionbar to the right when the search view is narrow, and immediately after the content when the search view is wide."),
-				nls.localize('search.actionsPositionRight', "Always position the actionbar to the right."),
-			],
-			default: 'auto',
-			description: nls.localize('search.actionsPosition', "Controls the positioning of the actionbar on rows in the search view.")
 		}
 	}
 });