diff --git a/_includes/body-landing.html b/_includes/body-landing.html
index f46edda07f..7e3625137f 100644
--- a/_includes/body-landing.html
+++ b/_includes/body-landing.html
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@
   <script src="/js/theme-switcher.js"></script>
   <script src="/js/jquery.js"></script>
   <script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
-  <script defer src="/js/metadata.js"></script>
   <script defer src="/js/search.js"></script>
 
   <script>
diff --git a/_includes/body.html b/_includes/body.html
index 6e90eeda18..bf53ff7f12 100644
--- a/_includes/body.html
+++ b/_includes/body.html
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     <script defer src="/js/anchorlinks.js"></script>
     <script src="/js/jquery.js"></script>
     <script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
-    <script defer src="/js/metadata.js"></script>
     <script defer src="/js/docs.js"></script>
     <script defer src="/js/search.js"></script>
     {%- include analytics/polldaddy.html -%}
diff --git a/js/metadata.js b/js/metadata.json
similarity index 99%
rename from js/metadata.js
rename to js/metadata.json
index b0a7c5e901..70b5aab771 100644
--- a/js/metadata.js
+++ b/js/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: null
 ---
-const pages = [
+[
 {%- for page in site.html_pages -%}
     {%- if page.hide_from_sitemap != nil or page.notoc != nil -%}
         {%- continue -%}
diff --git a/js/search.js b/js/search.js
index 2e5872b04f..b6dddb16cd 100644
--- a/js/search.js
+++ b/js/search.js
@@ -191,4 +191,9 @@ function queryString()
     return vars;
 }
 
-$(document).ready(bindSearch);
+let pages = []
+
+ready(() => {
+    getJSON( "/js/metadata.json", data => pages = data);
+    bindSearch()
+})