diff --git a/client/source/scripts/util/filterTorrents.js b/client/source/scripts/util/filterTorrents.js
index 26f5b3c1..acf3e408 100644
--- a/client/source/scripts/util/filterTorrents.js
+++ b/client/source/scripts/util/filterTorrents.js
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-export function filterTorrents(torrentList, torrentListFilterBy) {
-  let filteredtorrentList = torrentList;
-
-  if (torrentListFilterBy !== 'all') {
-    filteredtorrentList = torrentList.filter(torrent => {
-      if (torrent.status.indexOf('is-' + torrentListFilterBy) > -1) {
+export function filterTorrents(torrents, filterBy) {
+  if (filterBy !== 'all') {
+    torrents = torrentList.filter(torrent => {
+      if (torrent.status.indexOf('is-' + filterBy) > -1) {
         return torrent;
       }
     });
   }
-
-  return filteredtorrentList;
+  return torrents;
 }
diff --git a/client/source/scripts/util/searchTorrents.js b/client/source/scripts/util/searchTorrents.js
index 8187e15f..7a3787bc 100644
--- a/client/source/scripts/util/searchTorrents.js
+++ b/client/source/scripts/util/searchTorrents.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 export function searchTorrents(torrents, searchString) {
-  let searchedTorrents = torrents;
-
   if (searchString !== '') {
     let queries = [];
     let searchTerms = searchString.replace(/,/g, ' ').split(' ');
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ export function searchTorrents(torrents, searchString) {
       queries.push(new RegExp(searchTerms[i], 'gi'));
     }
 
-    searchedTorrents = searchedTorrents.filter(torrent => {
+    torrents = torrents.filter((torrent) => {
       for (let i = 0, len = queries.length; i < len; i++) {
         if (!torrent.name.match(queries[i])) {
           return false;
@@ -19,5 +17,5 @@ export function searchTorrents(torrents, searchString) {
     });
   }
 
-  return searchedTorrents;
+  return torrents;
 }