diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
index c0d0e6d6358..2a27d205aac 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export class SearchService implements IRawSearchService {
 		const query = prepareQuery(config.filePattern || '');
 		const compare = (matchA: IRawFileMatch, matchB: IRawFileMatch) => compareItemsByScore(matchA, matchB, query, true, FileMatchItemAccessor, scorerCache);
 
-		const maxResults = typeof config.maxResults === 'number' ? config.maxResults : Number.MAX_VALUE;
+		const maxResults = config.maxResults || Number.MAX_VALUE;
 		return arrays.topAsync(results, compare, maxResults, 10000, token);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/rawSearchService.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/rawSearchService.test.ts
index c0a85168b80..4060adff5f0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/rawSearchService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/rawSearchService.test.ts
@@ -185,25 +185,6 @@ suite('RawSearchService', () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(result.results.length, 1, 'Result');
 	});
 
-	test('Handles maxResults=0 correctly', async function () {
-		this.timeout(testTimeout);
-		const service = new RawSearchService();
-
-		const query: IFileQuery = {
-			type: QueryType.File,
-			folderQueries: MULTIROOT_QUERIES,
-			maxResults: 0,
-			sortByScore: true,
-			includePattern: {
-				'*.txt': true,
-				'*.js': true
-			},
-		};
-
-		const result = await DiskSearch.collectResultsFromEvent(service.fileSearch(query));
-		assert.strictEqual(result.results.length, 0, 'Result');
-	});
-
 	test('Multi-root with include pattern and exists', async function () {
 		this.timeout(testTimeout);
 		const service = new RawSearchService();