diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
index 352268b96..08c74a742 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/router.ex
@@ -414,7 +414,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
 
     get("/trends", MastodonAPIController, :empty_array)
 
-    get("/accounts/search", MastodonAPIController, :account_search)
+    scope [] do
+      pipe_through(:oauth_read)
+
+      get("/search", MastodonAPIController, :search)
+      get("/accounts/search", MastodonAPIController, :account_search)
+    end
 
     scope [] do
       pipe_through(:oauth_read_or_public)
@@ -431,14 +436,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
       get("/accounts/:id/following", MastodonAPIController, :following)
       get("/accounts/:id", MastodonAPIController, :user)
 
-      get("/search", MastodonAPIController, :search)
-
       get("/pleroma/accounts/:id/favourites", MastodonAPIController, :user_favourites)
     end
   end
 
   scope "/api/v2", Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI do
-    pipe_through([:api, :oauth_read_or_public])
+    pipe_through([:api, :oauth_read])
     get("/search", MastodonAPIController, :search2)
   end
 
@@ -480,9 +483,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
       get("/statuses/show/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :fetch_status)
       get("/statusnet/conversation/:id", TwitterAPI.Controller, :fetch_conversation)
 
-      get("/search", TwitterAPI.Controller, :search)
       get("/statusnet/tags/timeline/:tag", TwitterAPI.Controller, :public_and_external_timeline)
     end
+
+    scope [] do
+      pipe_through(:oauth_read)
+
+      get("/search", TwitterAPI.Controller, :search)
+    end
   end
 
   scope "/api", Pleroma.Web do
@@ -500,7 +508,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Router do
   end
 
   scope "/api", Pleroma.Web, as: :twitter_api_search do
-    pipe_through([:api, :oauth_read_or_public])
+    pipe_through([:api, :oauth_read])
     get("/pleroma/search_user", TwitterAPI.Controller, :search_user)
   end