diff --git a/app/controllers/search/globalsearch.php b/app/controllers/search/globalsearch.php
index 49c28610f3c9fb27a078c669d25ae6edb649c09b..ed4ed6eaa4d7764b30811d9de82695dd134a292d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search/globalsearch.php
+++ b/app/controllers/search/globalsearch.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Search_GlobalsearchController extends AuthenticatedController
             null,
             'semester',
             $this->getSemesters(),
-            (int) $_SESSION['global_search']['selects']['semester'],
+            'future',
             ['id' => 'semester_select']
         );
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Search_GlobalsearchController extends AuthenticatedController
             null,
             'seminar_type',
             $this->getSemClasses(),
-            $_SESSION['global_search']['selects']['seminar_type'],
+            '',
             ['id' => 'seminar_type_select']
         );
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Search_GlobalsearchController extends AuthenticatedController
             null,
             'institute',
             $this->getInstitutes(),
-            $_SESSION['global_search']['selects']['institute'],
+            '',
             ['id' => 'institute_select']
         );
     }
@@ -115,12 +115,8 @@ class Search_GlobalsearchController extends AuthenticatedController
      */
     private function getSemesters()
     {
-        // set the current semester as the initially selected semester
-        if (!$_SESSION['global_search']['selects']) {
-            $current_sem = GlobalSearchModule::getCurrentSemester();
-            $_SESSION['global_search']['selects']['semester'] = $current_sem;
-        }
         $semesters = [];
+        $semesters['future'] = _('Aktuelles und nächstes Semester');
         $semesters[''] = _('Alle Semester');
 
         $sems = array_reverse(Semester::getAll());
diff --git a/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchModule.php b/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchModule.php
index 084e3279892a641e79c3bc0d2df17ddee8581c3a..49d5e74b8994041c0e50eaf8d69fa382d336d548 100644
--- a/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchModule.php
+++ b/lib/classes/globalsearch/GlobalSearchModule.php
@@ -205,20 +205,6 @@ abstract class GlobalSearchModule
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the current semester considering the given
-     * SEMESTER_TIME_SWITCH in the CONFIG
-     * (n weeks before the next semester)
-     *
-     * @return int The start time of the current semester.
-     */
-    public static function getCurrentSemester()
-    {
-        $current_semester = Semester::findDefault();
-
-        return (int)$current_semester['beginn'];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns a list of all active search modules
      * @return array search_class => data