diff --git a/static/js/search_suggestion.js b/static/js/search_suggestion.js
index 0d3ac9892a..035118382f 100644
--- a/static/js/search_suggestion.js
+++ b/static/js/search_suggestion.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function get_stream_suggestions(last, operators) {
 
     streams = streams.filter((stream) => stream_matches_query(stream, query));
 
-    streams = typeahead_helper.sorter(query, streams);
+    streams = typeahead_helper.sorter(query, streams, (x) => x);
 
     const regex = typeahead_helper.build_highlight_regex(query);
     const highlight_query = typeahead_helper.highlight_with_escaping_and_regex;
diff --git a/static/js/typeahead_helper.js b/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
index af615e6908..232cded475 100644
--- a/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
+++ b/static/js/typeahead_helper.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function retain_unique_language_aliases(matches) {
 }
 
 export function sort_languages(matches, query) {
-    const results = typeahead.triage(query, matches);
+    const results = typeahead.triage(query, matches, (x) => x);
 
     // Languages that start with the query
     results.matches = results.matches.sort(compare_by_popularity);
diff --git a/static/shared/js/typeahead.js b/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
index 81c5472433..d05fd85153 100644
--- a/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
+++ b/static/shared/js/typeahead.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function get_emoji_matcher(query) {
     };
 }
 
-export function triage(query, objs, get_item = (x) => x) {
+export function triage(query, objs, get_item) {
     /*
         We split objs into four groups: