diff --git a/skinStyles/mediawiki.special.search.styles/minerva.less b/skinStyles/mediawiki.special.search.styles/minerva.less
index 53d0767f4..2b54d5787 100644
--- a/skinStyles/mediawiki.special.search.styles/minerva.less
+++ b/skinStyles/mediawiki.special.search.styles/minerva.less
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@
 		display: none;
 	}
 }
+
+// hide non-NS_FILE thumbnails until further notice
+// @see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306883#8205230
+.mw-search-result:not( .mw-search-result-ns-6 ) .searchResultImage-thumbnail {
+	display: none;
+}