diff --git a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
index 673f185a3c..8bf2cba5e1 100644
--- a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
+++ b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
             this.threadListView = new DiscussionThreadListView({
                 el: this.$('.inline-threads'),
                 collection: self.discussion,
-                courseSettings: self.course_settings
+                courseSettings: self.course_settings,
+                hideRefineBar: true  // TODO: re-enable the search/filter bar when it works correctly
             });
 
             this.threadListView.render();
diff --git a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
index 7fe3df260c..ef9cf793a2 100644
--- a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
+++ b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_thread_list_view.js
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
             DiscussionThreadListView.prototype.initialize = function(options) {
                 var self = this;
                 this.courseSettings = options.courseSettings;
+                this.hideRefineBar = options.hideRefineBar;
                 this.supportsActiveThread = options.supportsActiveThread;
                 this.displayedCollection = new Discussion(this.collection.models, {
                     pages: this.collection.pages
@@ -221,6 +222,9 @@
                 }
                 this.showMetadataAccordingToSort();
                 this.renderMorePages();
+                if (this.hideRefineBar) {
+                    this.$('.forum-nav-refine-bar').addClass('is-hidden');
+                }
                 this.trigger('threads:rendered');
             };
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/static/discussion/js/views/discussion_user_profile_view.js b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/static/discussion/js/views/discussion_user_profile_view.js
index 3dea86abe8..7c3e199ecd 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/discussion/static/discussion/js/views/discussion_user_profile_view.js
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/discussion/static/discussion/js/views/discussion_user_profile_view.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
                     this.discussionThreadListView = new DiscussionThreadListView({
                         collection: this.discussion,
                         el: this.$('.inline-threads'),
-                        courseSettings: this.courseSettings
+                        courseSettings: this.courseSettings,
+                        hideRefineBar: true  // TODO: re-enable the search/filter bar when it works correctly
                     }).render();
 
                     this.discussionThreadListView.on('thread:selected', _.bind(this.navigateToThread, this));