diff --git a/src/generators/web/ui/components/NavBar.jsx b/src/generators/web/ui/components/NavBar.jsx
index 15fa85dd..ae0250ef 100644
--- a/src/generators/web/ui/components/NavBar.jsx
+++ b/src/generators/web/ui/components/NavBar.jsx
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import GitHubIcon from '@node-core/ui-components/Icons/Social/GitHub';
 import SearchBox from './SearchBox';
 import { useTheme } from '../hooks/useTheme.mjs';
 
-import { repository } from '#theme/config';
+import { hasSearch, repository } from '#theme/config';
 import Logo from '#theme/Logo';
 
 /**
  * NavBar component that displays the headings, search, etc.
  */
 export default ({ metadata }) => {
-  const [themePreference, setThemePreference] = useTheme();
+  const [themePreference, setThemePreference] = useState();
 
   return (
     <NavBar
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default ({ metadata }) => {
       sidebarItemTogglerAriaLabel="Toggle navigation menu"
       navItems={[]}
     >
-      <SearchBox pathname={metadata.path} />
+      {hasSearch && <SearchBox pathname={metadata.path} />}
       <ThemeToggle
         onChange={setThemePreference}
         currentTheme={themePreference}
diff --git a/src/generators/web/utils/config.mjs b/src/generators/web/utils/config.mjs
index 8262a660..4e4edbc4 100644
--- a/src/generators/web/utils/config.mjs
+++ b/src/generators/web/utils/config.mjs
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ export default function createConfigSource(input) {
     versions: buildVersionEntries(config.changelog, pageURL),
     editURL,
     pages: buildPageList(input),
+    // Only the `web` generator's own bundle should ever render the search
+    // bar; if `orama-db` wasn't also requested, there's no search index for
+    // it to query, so the search box would render but silently do nothing.
+    hasSearch: (getConfig().target ?? []).includes('orama-db'),
   };
 
   const lines = Object.entries(exports).map(