diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index 691bf4955e..a14f1c8850 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module GitHub
   end
 
   def search_code(repo: nil, user: "Homebrew", path: ["Formula", "Casks", "."], filename: nil, extension: "rb")
-    matches = search("code", user: user, path: path, filename: filename, extension: extension, repo: repo)
+    matches = search_results_items("code", user: user, path: path, filename: filename, extension: extension, repo: repo)
     return matches if matches.blank?
 
     matches.map do |match|