diff --git a/res/xml/dark_mode_settings.xml b/res/xml/dark_mode_settings.xml
index 1e0d42ecfb9..0ebc0444043 100644
--- a/res/xml/dark_mode_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/dark_mode_settings.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
         android:selectable="false"
         android:layout="@layout/dark_ui_activation_button"
         settings:allowDividerBelow="true"
-        settings:controller="com.android.settings.display.darkmode.DarkModeActivationPreferenceController"
-        settings:keywords="@string/keywords_dark_ui_mode"/>
+        settings:controller="com.android.settings.display.darkmode.DarkModeActivationPreferenceController"/>
 
     <com.android.settingslib.widget.FooterPreference
             android:key="dark_ui_footer"
diff --git a/res/xml/display_settings.xml b/res/xml/display_settings.xml
index c4ccd4f9f73..d463a845adf 100644
--- a/res/xml/display_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/display_settings.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
         android:fragment="com.android.settings.display.darkmode.DarkModeSettingsFragment"
         android:widgetLayout="@null"
         settings:widgetLayout="@null"
-        settings:controller="com.android.settings.display.DarkUIPreferenceController"/>
+        settings:controller="com.android.settings.display.DarkUIPreferenceController"
+        settings:keywords="@string/keywords_dark_ui_mode"/>
 
     <com.android.settings.display.NightDisplayPreference
         android:key="night_display"
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceController.java
index 74b029fc3b0..1027dac4e87 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceController.java
@@ -156,6 +156,6 @@ public class DarkModeActivationPreferenceController extends BasePreferenceContro
 
     @Override
     public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
-        return AVAILABLE;
+        return AVAILABLE_UNSEARCHABLE;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest.java
index 25117be1555..5e6d46396e4 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/display/darkmode/DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
 
 package com.android.settings.display.darkmode;
 
+import static com.android.settings.core.BasePreferenceController.AVAILABLE_UNSEARCHABLE;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
 import android.app.UiModeManager;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
@@ -22,9 +35,12 @@ import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.os.PowerManager;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.Button;
+
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
+
 import com.android.settings.R;
 import com.android.settingslib.widget.LayoutPreference;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -34,15 +50,6 @@ import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.eq;
-
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest {
     private DarkModeActivationPreferenceController mController;
@@ -203,4 +210,9 @@ public class DarkModeActivationPreferenceControllerTest {
         verify(mTurnOffButton).setVisibility(eq(View.GONE));
         verify(mTurnOnButton).setVisibility(eq(View.GONE));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getAvailabilityStatus_returnsAVAILABLE_UNSEARCHABLE() {
+        assertThat(mController.getAvailabilityStatus()).isEqualTo(AVAILABLE_UNSEARCHABLE);
+    }
 }