diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/courseware_index.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/courseware_index.py
index 4375ef3242..48b726d355 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/courseware_index.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/courseware_index.py
@@ -178,26 +178,3 @@ class CoursewareSearchIndexer(object):
             event_name,
             data
         )
-
-        try:
-            if settings.FEATURES.get('SEGMENT_IO_LMS') and hasattr(settings, 'SEGMENT_IO_LMS_KEY'):
-                # Google Analytics - log index content request
-                import analytics
-
-                analytics.track(
-                    event_name,
-                    data,
-                    context={
-                        'Google Analytics': {
-                            'clientId': tracking_context.get('client_id')
-                        }
-                    }
-                )
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            # Capturing all exceptions thrown while tracking analytics events. We do not want
-            # an operation to fail because of an analytics event, so we will capture these
-            # errors in the logs.
-            log.exception(
-                u'Unable to emit %s event for content indexing.',
-                event_name,
-            )
diff --git a/lms/static/js/search/views/search_item_view.js b/lms/static/js/search/views/search_item_view.js
index b5150529e2..53f9f2e79c 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/search/views/search_item_view.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/search/views/search_item_view.js
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ define([
             return this;
         },
 
+        /**
+         * Redirect to a URL.  Mainly useful for mocking out in tests.
+         * @param  {string} url The URL to redirect to.
+         */
+        redirect: function(url) {
+            window.location.href = url;
+        },
+
         logSearchItem: function(event) {
             event.preventDefault();
             var target = this.model.id;
@@ -47,13 +55,7 @@ define([
                     "result_position": (page * pageSize + index),
                     "result_link": target
                 });
-            window.analytics.track('"edx.course.search.result_selected"', {
-                category: 'courseware_search',
-                search_term: searchTerm,
-                result_position: (page * pageSize + index),
-                result_link: target
-            });
-            window.location.href = link;
+            this.redirect(link);
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/lms/static/js/spec/search/search_spec.js b/lms/static/js/spec/search/search_spec.js
index 4b22afe6b0..34ca36f22d 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/spec/search/search_spec.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/spec/search/search_spec.js
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ define([
             expect(this.item.$el).toContainHtml(breadcrumbs);
         });
 
+        it('log request on follow item link', function () {
+            this.model.collection = new SearchCollection([this.model], { course_id: 'edx101' });
+            this.item.render();
+            // Mock the redirect call
+            spyOn(this.item, 'redirect').andCallFake( function() {} );
+            spyOn(this.item, 'logSearchItem').andCallThrough();
+            var link = this.item.$el.find('a');
+            expect(link.length).toBe(1);
+            link.trigger('click');
+            expect(this.item.redirect).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
     });