diff --git a/routers/web/explore/code.go b/routers/web/explore/code.go
index 2357b34fd..38474255d 100644
--- a/routers/web/explore/code.go
+++ b/routers/web/explore/code.go
@@ -110,6 +110,18 @@ func Code(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 
 		ctx.Data["RepoMaps"] = repoMaps
+
+		if len(loadRepoIDs) != len(repoMaps) {
+			// Remove deleted repos from search results
+			cleanedSearchResults := make([]*code_indexer.Result, 0, len(repoMaps))
+			for _, sr := range searchResults {
+				if _, found := repoMaps[sr.RepoID]; found {
+					cleanedSearchResults = append(cleanedSearchResults, sr)
+				}
+			}
+
+			searchResults = cleanedSearchResults
+		}
 	}
 
 	ctx.Data["SearchResults"] = searchResults