diff --git a/contrib/lisp/org-notmuch.el b/contrib/lisp/org-notmuch.el
index 712ec5a9b..e19d67c0d 100644
--- a/contrib/lisp/org-notmuch.el
+++ b/contrib/lisp/org-notmuch.el
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ Should accept a notmuch search string as the sole argument."
 
 Can link to more than one message, if so all matching messages are shown."
   (require 'notmuch)
-  (notmuch-show (org-link-unescape search)))
-
+  (notmuch-show search))