diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 827bb5c0c..8e585822b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 ===========================
 
+- Fix Remove from group option is active for contact search result (#1488608)
 - Disable autocapitalization in login form on iPad/iPhone (#1488609)
 - Fix focus on the list when list row is clicked (#1488600)
 - Added separate From and To columns apart from smart From/To column (#1486891)
diff --git a/program/js/app.js b/program/js/app.js
index 214a5cb80..de61b21f1 100644
--- a/program/js/app.js
+++ b/program/js/app.js
@@ -4031,8 +4031,7 @@ function rcube_webmail()
 
     // if a group is currently selected, and there is at least one contact selected
     // thend we can enable the group-remove-selected command
-    this.enable_command('group-remove-selected', typeof this.env.group != 'undefined' && list.selection.length > 0);
-
+    this.enable_command('group-remove-selected', this.env.group && list.selection.length > 0);
     this.enable_command('compose', this.env.group || list.selection.length > 0);
     this.enable_command('edit', id && writable);
     this.enable_command('delete', list.selection.length && writable);