diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
index 18de910dc..b5b6ea84b 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailsnippets/templates/wagtailsnippets/chooser/choose.html
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/header.html" with title=choose_str subtitle=snippet_type_name icon="snippet" %}
 
 <div class="nice-padding">
-    <form class="snippet-search search-bar" action="{% url 'wagtailsnippets:choose' content_type.app_label content_type.model %}" method="GET">
-        <ul class="fields">
-            {% for field in search_form %}
-                {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/field_as_li.html" with field=field %}
-            {% endfor %}
-            <li class="submit"><input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Search' %}" /></li>
-        </ul>
-    </form>
+    {% if is_searchable %}
+        <form class="snippet-search search-bar" action="{% url 'wagtailsnippets:choose' content_type.app_label content_type.model %}" method="GET">
+            <ul class="fields">
+                {% for field in search_form %}
+                    {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/field_as_li.html" with field=field %}
+                {% endfor %}
+                <li class="submit"><input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Search' %}" /></li>
+            </ul>
+        </form>
+    {% endif %}
 
     <div id="search-results" class="listing snippets">
         {% include "wagtailsnippets/chooser/results.html" with choosing=1 %}