diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b653c6..87f6a81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ==================
 
   * Feature - Add `tree.wrap = ({ operations: [rows => rows], idField = 'id' }) => (rows) => [<operatedRow>]`.
+  * Breaking - `tree.search` does not depend on *selectabular* directly anymore. Instead you have to pass the search `operation` to it. The new signature is `tree.search = ({ operation: (rows) => [<row>], idField = 'id', parentField = 'parent' }) => (rows) => [<searchedRow>]`.
   * Breaking - `tree.sort` has been dropped. Use `tree.wrap` instead. Example:
 
 ```javascript
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28669aa..608251d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ Returns parents based on given `rows` and `index`.
 
 Returns a boolean based on whether or not the row at the given `index` has children.
 
-**`tree.search = ({ columns, query, idField = 'id', parentField = 'parent' }) => (rows) => [<searchedRow>]`**
+**`tree.search = ({ operation: (rows) => [<row>], idField = 'id', parentField = 'parent' }) => (rows) => [<searchedRow>]`**
 
-Searches against a tree structure while matching against children too. If children are found, associated parents are returned as well.
+Searches against a tree structure using `operation` while matching against children too. If children are found, associated parents are returned as well. This has been designed to [searchtabular](https://www.npmjs.com/package/searchtabular) `multipleColumns` and `singleColumn`, but as long as the passed operation follows the interface, it should fit in.
 
 > This depends on [resolve.index](https://www.npmjs.com/package/table-resolver#resolveindex)!
 
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ class TreeTable extends React.Component {
           })
         ]
       }),
-      tree.search({ columns, query })
+      tree.search({
+        operation: search.multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+      })
     )(this.state.rows);
 
     return (
diff --git a/__tests__/search-test.js b/__tests__/search-test.js
index 7cb1fd5..c95e5d5 100644
--- a/__tests__/search-test.js
+++ b/__tests__/search-test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+import { multipleColumns } from 'searchtabular';
 import { search } from '../src';
 
 describe('tree.search', function () {
   it('returns empty rows if empty rows are passed', function () {
-    expect(search({ columns: [], query: {} })([])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({
+        columns: [],
+        query: {}
+      })
+    })([])).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it('returns matching rows', function () {
@@ -20,7 +26,11 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
       foo: 'bar'
     };
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(given);
+    expect(
+      search({
+        operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+      })(given)
+    ).toEqual(given);
   });
 
   it('matches children', function () {
@@ -46,7 +56,9 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
       foo: 'zoo'
     };
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(given);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+    })(given)).toEqual(given);
   });
 
   it('matches multiple children', function () {
@@ -78,7 +90,9 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
       foo: 'zoo'
     };
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(given);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+    })(given)).toEqual(given);
   });
 
   it('returns the same structure with an empty query', function () {
@@ -108,7 +122,9 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
     ];
     const query = {};
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(given);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+    })(given)).toEqual(given);
   });
 
   it('returns the same structure with an empty all query', function () {
@@ -140,7 +156,9 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
       all: ''
     };
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(given);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+    })(given)).toEqual(given);
   });
 
   it('retains children on match', function () {
@@ -191,6 +209,14 @@ describe('tree.search', function () {
       }
     ];
 
-    expect(search({ columns, query })(given)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(search({
+      operation: multipleColumns({ columns, query })
+    })(given)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  /* TODO: test idField/parentField */
+
+  it('throws an error if operation is not passed', function () {
+    expect(search.bind(null, {})).toThrow(Error);
   });
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be6abd8..130c3be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     "lodash": ">= 3.0.0 < 5.0.0",
     "react": ">= 15.0.0 < 16.0.0",
     "reactabular-dnd": ">= 8.0.0 < 9.0.0",
-    "searchtabular": ">= 1.0.0 < 2.0.0",
     "redux": ">= 3.0.0 < 4.0.0"
   },
   "pre-push": [
diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index fe6e189..a519a6c 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 import { uniq } from 'lodash';
-import { multipleColumns } from 'searchtabular';
 import getChildren from './get-children';
 import getParents from './get-parents';
 
 function searchTree({
-  columns,
-  query,
   idField = 'id',
-  parentField = 'parent'
+  parentField = 'parent',
+  operation
 } = {}) {
+  if (!operation) {
+    throw new Error('tree.search - Missing operation!');
+  }
+
   return (rows) => {
     // Track fetched parents to get them into the results only once
     const fetchedParents = {};
 
-    if (!Object.keys(query).length) {
-      return rows;
-    }
-
     return uniq([].concat(
-      ...multipleColumns({
-        columns,
-        query
-      })(rows).map((row) => {
+      ...operation(rows).map((row) => {
         const rowParent = row[parentField];
 
         if (fetchedParents[rowParent]) {