diff --git a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
@@ -1111,30 +1111,10 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    $phids = array();
-    foreach ($list->getFields() as $field) {
-      $key = $this->getKeyForCustomField($field);
-      $value = $saved->getParameter($key);
-      $phids[$key] = $field->getRequiredHandlePHIDsForApplicationSearch($value);
-    }
-    $all_phids = array_mergev($phids);
-
-    $handles = array();
-    if ($all_phids) {
-      $handles = id(new PhabricatorHandleQuery())
-        ->setViewer($this->requireViewer())
-        ->withPHIDs($all_phids)
-        ->execute();
-    }
-
     foreach ($list->getFields() as $field) {
       $key = $this->getKeyForCustomField($field);
       $value = $saved->getParameter($key);
-      $field->appendToApplicationSearchForm(
-        $this,
-        $form,
-        $value,
-        array_select_keys($handles, $phids[$key]));
+      $field->appendToApplicationSearchForm($this, $form, $value);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/field/PhabricatorCustomField.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/field/PhabricatorCustomField.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/field/PhabricatorCustomField.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/field/PhabricatorCustomField.php
@@ -768,49 +768,28 @@
 
 
   /**
-   * Append search controls to the interface. If you need handles, use
-   * @{method:getRequiredHandlePHIDsForApplicationSearch} to get them.
+   * Append search controls to the interface.
    *
    * @param PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine Engine constructing the form.
    * @param AphrontFormView The form to update.
    * @param wild Value from the saved query.
-   * @param list<PhabricatorObjectHandle> List of handles.
    * @return void
    * @task appsearch
    */
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
     if ($this->proxy) {
       return $this->proxy->appendToApplicationSearchForm(
         $engine,
         $form,
-        $value,
-        $handles);
+        $value);
     }
     throw new PhabricatorCustomFieldImplementationIncompleteException($this);
   }
 
 
-  /**
-   * Return a list of PHIDs which @{method:appendToApplicationSearchForm} needs
-   * handles for. This is primarily useful if the field stores PHIDs and you
-   * need to (for example) render a tokenizer control.
-   *
-   * @param wild Value from the saved query.
-   * @return list<phid> List of PHIDs.
-   * @task appsearch
-   */
-  public function getRequiredHandlePHIDsForApplicationSearch($value) {
-    if ($this->proxy) {
-      return $this->proxy->getRequiredHandlePHIDsForApplicationSearch($value);
-    }
-    return array();
-  }
-
-
 /* -(  ApplicationTransactions  )-------------------------------------------- */
 
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     $form->appendChild(
       id(new AphrontFormSelectControl())
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     if (!is_array($value)) {
       $value = array();
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldInt.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldInt.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldInt.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldInt.php
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     $form->appendChild(
       id(new AphrontFormTextControl())
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     $form->appendChild(
       id(new AphrontFormTextControl())
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  public function getRequiredHandlePHIDsForApplicationSearch($value) {
-    if ($value) {
-      return $value;
-    }
-    return array();
-  }
-
   public function getRequiredHandlePHIDsForPropertyView() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if ($value) {
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     if (!is_array($value)) {
       $value = array();
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldText.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldText.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldText.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldText.php
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     $form->appendChild(
       id(new AphrontFormTextControl())
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldUsers.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldUsers.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldUsers.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldUsers.php
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
   public function appendToApplicationSearchForm(
     PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine $engine,
     AphrontFormView $form,
-    $value,
-    array $handles) {
+    $value) {
 
     $control = id(new AphrontFormTokenizerControl())
       ->setLabel($this->getFieldName())