diff --git a/src/components/LocationAutocompleteInput/LocationAutocompleteInput.example.js b/src/components/LocationAutocompleteInput/LocationAutocompleteInput.example.js
index 183dd688..7ce48f7d 100644
--- a/src/components/LocationAutocompleteInput/LocationAutocompleteInput.example.js
+++ b/src/components/LocationAutocompleteInput/LocationAutocompleteInput.example.js
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@ const Form = props => {
 
 const PlaceInfo = props => {
   const { place } = props;
-  const { address, country, origin, bounds } = place;
+  const { address, origin, bounds } = place;
   return (
     <div>
       <p>Submitted place:</p>
       <ul>
         <li>Address: {address}</li>
-        <li>Country: {country || '[no country]'}</li>
         <li>
           Coordinates: {origin.lat}, {origin.lng}
         </li>
-        <li>Bounds: {bounds ? 'yes' : 'no'}</li>
+        <li>Bounds?: {bounds ? 'yes' : 'no'}</li>
       </ul>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/Topbar/Topbar.js b/src/components/Topbar/Topbar.js
index cc32616f..0cd974a8 100644
--- a/src/components/Topbar/Topbar.js
+++ b/src/components/Topbar/Topbar.js
@@ -98,14 +98,13 @@ class TopbarComponent extends Component {
     const { currentSearchParams } = this.props;
     const { search, selectedPlace } = values.location;
     const { history } = this.props;
-    const { origin, bounds, country } = selectedPlace;
+    const { origin, bounds } = selectedPlace;
     const originMaybe = config.sortSearchByDistance ? { origin } : {};
     const searchParams = {
       ...currentSearchParams,
       ...originMaybe,
       address: search,
       bounds,
-      country,
     };
     history.push(createResourceLocatorString('SearchPage', routeConfiguration(), {}, searchParams));
   }
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ class TopbarComponent extends Component {
       showGenericError,
     } = this.props;
 
-    const { mobilemenu, mobilesearch, address, origin, bounds, country } = parse(location.search, {
+    const { mobilemenu, mobilesearch, address, origin, bounds } = parse(location.search, {
       latlng: ['origin'],
       latlngBounds: ['bounds'],
     });
@@ -175,13 +174,13 @@ class TopbarComponent extends Component {
 
     // Only render current search if full place object is available in the URL params
     const locationFieldsPresent = config.sortSearchByDistance
-      ? address && origin && bounds && country
-      : address && bounds && country;
+      ? address && origin && bounds
+      : address && bounds;
     const initialSearchFormValues = {
       location: locationFieldsPresent
         ? {
             search: address,
-            selectedPlace: { address, origin, bounds, country },
+            selectedPlace: { address, origin, bounds },
           }
         : null,
     };
diff --git a/src/containers/SearchPage/SearchPage.js b/src/containers/SearchPage/SearchPage.js
index ed19ceb3..e509a38f 100644
--- a/src/containers/SearchPage/SearchPage.js
+++ b/src/containers/SearchPage/SearchPage.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent extends Component {
     const { history, location } = this.props;
 
     // parse query parameters, including a custom attribute named category
-    const { address, country, bounds, mapSearch, ...rest } = parse(location.search, {
+    const { address, bounds, mapSearch, ...rest } = parse(location.search, {
       latlng: ['origin'],
       latlngBounds: ['bounds'],
     });
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ export class SearchPageComponent extends Component {
         address,
         ...originMaybe,
         bounds: viewportBounds,
-        country,
         mapSearch: true,
         ...validFilterParams(rest, this.filters()),
       };
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ SearchPage.loadData = (params, search) => {
     latlng: ['origin'],
     latlngBounds: ['bounds'],
   });
-  const { page = 1, address, country, origin, ...rest } = queryParams;
+  const { page = 1, address, origin, ...rest } = queryParams;
   const originMaybe = config.sortSearchByDistance && origin ? { origin } : {};
   return searchListings({
     ...rest,
diff --git a/src/util/googleMaps.js b/src/util/googleMaps.js
index e64daf75..2be8a364 100644
--- a/src/util/googleMaps.js
+++ b/src/util/googleMaps.js
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ const placeBounds = place => {
   return null;
 };
 
-const placeCountry = place => {
-  if (place && place.address_components) {
-    const country = place.address_components.find(component => {
-      return component.types.includes('country');
-    });
-    return country ? country.short_name : null;
-  }
-  return null;
-};
-
 /**
  * Get a detailed place object
  *
@@ -60,7 +50,6 @@ export const getPlaceDetails = (placeId, sessionToken) =>
           address: place.formatted_address,
           origin: placeOrigin(place),
           bounds: placeBounds(place),
-          country: placeCountry(place),
         });
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/util/types.js b/src/util/types.js
index b06a3962..aa56750a 100644
--- a/src/util/types.js
+++ b/src/util/types.js
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ propTypes.place = shape({
   address: string.isRequired,
   origin: propTypes.latlng,
   bounds: propTypes.latlngBounds, // optional viewport bounds
-  country: string, // country code, e.g. FI, US
 });
 
 // Denormalised image object