diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a794df..a92d035 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- 🔥(teams) remove search by trigram for team access and contact
+
 ### Added
 
 - ✨(domains) allow creation of "pending" mailboxes
diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
index d45ecb9..7713cd8 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 """API endpoints"""
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.postgres.search import TrigramSimilarity
-from django.db.models import Func, Max, OuterRef, Q, Subquery, Value
-from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
+from django.db.models import OuterRef, Q, Subquery
 
 from rest_framework import (
     decorators,
@@ -157,19 +155,11 @@ class ContactViewSet(
             overriding_contacts__isnull=True,
         )
 
-        # Search by case-insensitive and accent-insensitive trigram similarity
+        # Search by case-insensitive and accent-insensitive similarity
         if query := self.request.GET.get("q", ""):
-            query = Func(Value(query), function="unaccent")
-            similarity = TrigramSimilarity(
-                Func("full_name", function="unaccent"),
-                query,
-            ) + TrigramSimilarity(Func("short_name", function="unaccent"), query)
-            queryset = (
-                queryset.annotate(similarity=similarity)
-                .filter(
-                    similarity__gte=0.05
-                )  # Value determined by testing (test_api_contacts.py)
-                .order_by("-similarity")
+            queryset = queryset.filter(
+                Q(full_name__unaccent__icontains=query)
+                | Q(short_name__unaccent__icontains=query)
             )
 
         serializer = self.get_serializer(queryset, many=True)
@@ -349,20 +339,9 @@ class TeamAccessViewSet(
 
         if self.action in {"list", "retrieve"}:
             if query := self.request.GET.get("q", ""):
-                similarity = Max(
-                    TrigramSimilarity(
-                        Coalesce(Func("user__email", function="unaccent"), Value("")),
-                        Func(Value(query), function="unaccent"),
-                    )
-                    + TrigramSimilarity(
-                        Coalesce(Func("user__name", function="unaccent"), Value("")),
-                        Func(Value(query), function="unaccent"),
-                    )
-                )
-                queryset = (
-                    queryset.annotate(similarity=similarity)
-                    .filter(similarity__gte=SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD)
-                    .order_by("-similarity")
+                queryset = queryset.filter(
+                    Q(user__email__unaccent__icontains=query)
+                    | Q(user__name__unaccent__icontains=query)
                 )
 
             # Determine which role the logged-in user has in the team
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_contacts.py b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_contacts.py
index 5b73ec7..097166d 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_contacts.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_contacts.py
@@ -131,19 +131,17 @@ def test_api_contacts_list_authenticated_by_full_name():
     contact_ids = [contact["id"] for contact in response.json()]
     assert contact_ids == [str(frank.id)]
 
-    # Result that matches a trigram twice ranks better than result that matches once
     response = client.get("/api/v1.0/contacts/?q=ole")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     contact_ids = [contact["id"] for contact in response.json()]
-    # "Nicole Foole" matches twice on "ole"
-    assert contact_ids == [str(nicole.id), str(frank.id)]
+    assert contact_ids == [str(frank.id), str(nicole.id)]
 
     response = client.get("/api/v1.0/contacts/?q=ool")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     contact_ids = [contact["id"] for contact in response.json()]
-    assert contact_ids == [str(nicole.id), str(frank.id)]
+    assert contact_ids == [str(frank.id), str(nicole.id)]
 
 
 def test_api_contacts_list_authenticated_uppercase_content():