diff --git a/app/helpers/hyku/blacklight_helper_behavior.rb b/app/helpers/hyku/blacklight_helper_behavior.rb
index c60a2509f..8f12398bb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/hyku/blacklight_helper_behavior.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/hyku/blacklight_helper_behavior.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def link_to_document(doc, field_or_opts = nil, opts = { counter: nil })
       # pull solr_document from input if we don't already have a solr_document
       document = doc&.try(:solr_document) || doc
       Deprecation.silence(Blacklight::UrlHelperBehavior) do
-        link_to label, generate_work_url(document, request, universal_viewer_url_params(opts)), document_link_params(document, opts)
+        link_to label, generate_work_url(document, request, params), document_link_params(document, opts)
       end
     end
     # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
@@ -59,11 +59,5 @@ def document_link_params(_doc, opts)
       opts.except(:label, :counter, :q, :highlight)
     end
     private :document_link_params
-
-    # options needed to carry the search into the universalviewer
-    def universal_viewer_url_params(opts)
-      opts.slice(:q, :highlight)
-    end
-    private :document_link_params
   end
 end