diff --git a/vim/config/settings.vim b/vim/config/settings.vim
index 2e62cec..927ad68 100644
--- a/vim/config/settings.vim
+++ b/vim/config/settings.vim
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         set history=250 "size of the undo history
         set whichwrap=b,s,<,>,[,] "scrolling left/right off current line wraps to the next/previous
         set smarttab expandtab autoindent tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 "configure tabs
-        set hlsearch incsearch ignorecase smartcase "configure how search behaves
+        set hlsearch incsearch smartcase "configure how search behaves
         set timeout timeoutlen=500 "how long before timing out for mappings
         set ttimeout ttimeoutlen=100 "how long before timing out for terminal key codes
         set nomodeline "disable the use of file-based modelines as these are insecure