diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
index e8d36d00c17b6db7e51a1477b7dbf0358feb0b48..56bfa01e09d0320a91ac9daf0f05bd4f2e726322 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/nominatim.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
     def query_url_params(query)
       params = {
         :format => "json",
-        :polygon => "1",
         :addressdetails => "1",
         :"accept-language" => configuration.language
       }.merge(super)