diff --git a/wgengine/router/dns/manager_windows.go b/wgengine/router/dns/manager_windows.go
index b71b2255c..5940404e7 100644
--- a/wgengine/router/dns/manager_windows.go
+++ b/wgengine/router/dns/manager_windows.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	ipv4RegBase = `SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters`
 	ipv6RegBase = `SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters`
-	tsRegBase   = `SOFTWARE\Tailscale IPN`
 )
 
 type windowsManager struct {
@@ -91,11 +90,6 @@ func (m windowsManager) Up(config Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	newSearchList := strings.Join(config.Domains, ",")
-	if err := setRegistryString(tsRegBase, "SearchList", newSearchList); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// Force DNS re-registration in Active Directory. What we actually
 	// care about is that this command invokes the undocumented hidden
 	// function that forces Windows to notice that adapter settings