diff --git a/website/meta/site.json b/website/meta/site.json
index f1d318071..55fe60ad3 100644
--- a/website/meta/site.json
+++ b/website/meta/site.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     },
     "docSearch": {
         "appId": "Y1LB128RON",
-        "apiKey": "bb601a1daab73e2dc66faf2b79564807",
         "indexName": "spacy"
     },
     "binderUrl": "explosion/spacy-io-binder",
diff --git a/website/next.config.mjs b/website/next.config.mjs
index df3b1d01d..5e2f8f8c3 100644
--- a/website/next.config.mjs
+++ b/website/next.config.mjs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ const nextConfig = withPWA(
             ignoreBuildErrors: true,
         },
         images: { unoptimized: true },
+        env: {
+            DOCSEARCH_API_KEY: process.env.DOCSEARCH_API_KEY
+        }
     })
 )
 
diff --git a/website/src/components/search.js b/website/src/components/search.js
index f80d9cd9f..3211b53c0 100644
--- a/website/src/components/search.js
+++ b/website/src/components/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import React from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import { DocSearch } from '@docsearch/react'
 import '@docsearch/css'
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import '@docsearch/css'
 import siteMetadata from '../../meta/site.json'
 
 export default function Search({ placeholder = 'Search docs' }) {
-    const { apiKey, indexName, appId } = siteMetadata.docSearch
+    const apiKey = process.env.DOCSEARCH_API_KEY
+    const { indexName, appId } = siteMetadata.docSearch
     return (
         <DocSearch appId={appId} indexName={indexName} apiKey={apiKey} placeholder={placeholder} />
     )