diff --git a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticle.scala b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticle.scala
index 1b8edea2e..ae002f253 100644
--- a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticle.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticle.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ case class SearchableArticle(
     id: Long,
     title: SearchableLanguageValues,
     content: SearchableLanguageValues,
-    visualElement: SearchableLanguageValues,
     introduction: SearchableLanguageValues,
     metaDescription: SearchableLanguageValues,
     tags: SearchableLanguageList,
diff --git a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraft.scala b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraft.scala
index fe5adb8f7..3c3acb4fc 100644
--- a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraft.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraft.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ case class SearchableDraft(
     id: Long,
     title: SearchableLanguageValues,
     content: SearchableLanguageValues,
-    visualElement: SearchableLanguageValues,
     introduction: SearchableLanguageValues,
     metaDescription: SearchableLanguageValues,
     tags: SearchableLanguageList,
diff --git a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/ArticleIndexService.scala b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/ArticleIndexService.scala
index eeefd23d7..77867a602 100644
--- a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/ArticleIndexService.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/ArticleIndexService.scala
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ trait ArticleIndexService {
         languageValuesMapping("title", keepRaw = true) ++
           languageValuesMapping("metaDescription") ++
           languageValuesMapping("content") ++
-          languageValuesMapping("visualElement") ++
           languageValuesMapping("introduction") ++
           languageValuesMapping("tags") ++
           languageValuesMapping("embedAttributes") ++
diff --git a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/DraftIndexService.scala b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/DraftIndexService.scala
index 93ab2055f..e33349c75 100644
--- a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/DraftIndexService.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/DraftIndexService.scala
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ trait DraftIndexService {
         languageValuesMapping("title", keepRaw = true) ++
           languageValuesMapping("metaDescription") ++
           languageValuesMapping("content") ++
-          languageValuesMapping("visualElement") ++
           languageValuesMapping("introduction") ++
           languageValuesMapping("tags") ++
           languageValuesMapping("embedAttributes") ++
diff --git a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/SearchConverterService.scala b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/SearchConverterService.scala
index dbd9dfdbe..3458643fc 100644
--- a/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/SearchConverterService.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/main/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/service/search/SearchConverterService.scala
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ trait SearchConverterService {
           content = model.SearchableLanguageValues(
             ai.content.map(article => LanguageValue(article.language, toPlaintext(article.content)))
           ),
-          visualElement = model.SearchableLanguageValues(
-            ai.visualElement.map(visual => LanguageValue(visual.language, visual.resource))
-          ),
           introduction = model.SearchableLanguageValues(
             ai.introduction.map(intro => LanguageValue(intro.language, toPlaintext(intro.introduction)))
           ),
@@ -534,7 +531,6 @@ trait SearchConverterService {
 
       val title           = model.SearchableLanguageValues.fromFieldsMap(draft.title, toPlaintext)
       val content         = model.SearchableLanguageValues.fromFieldsMap(draft.content, toPlaintext)
-      val visualElement   = model.SearchableLanguageValues.fromFields(draft.visualElement)
       val introduction    = model.SearchableLanguageValues.fromFieldsMap(draft.introduction, toPlaintext)
       val metaDescription = model.SearchableLanguageValues.fromFields(draft.metaDescription)
       val contexts        = asSearchableTaxonomyContexts(taxonomyContexts)
@@ -544,7 +540,6 @@ trait SearchConverterService {
           id = draft.id.get,
           title = title,
           content = content,
-          visualElement = visualElement,
           introduction = introduction,
           metaDescription = metaDescription,
           tags = SearchableLanguageList(draft.tags.map(tag => LanguageValue(tag.language, tag.tags))),
@@ -705,7 +700,7 @@ trait SearchConverterService {
       val metaDescriptions =
         searchableArticle.metaDescription.languageValues.map(lv => MetaDescriptionDTO(lv.value, lv.language))
       val visualElements =
-        searchableArticle.visualElement.languageValues.map(lv => api.article.VisualElementDTO(lv.value, lv.language))
+        searchableArticle.domainObject.visualElement.map(lv => api.article.VisualElementDTO(lv.value, lv.language))
       val metaImages = searchableArticle.metaImage.map(image => {
         val metaImageUrl = s"${props.ExternalApiUrls("raw-image")}/${image.imageId}"
         MetaImageDTO(metaImageUrl, image.altText, image.language)
@@ -783,7 +778,7 @@ trait SearchConverterService {
           common.model.api.search.MetaDescriptionDTO(lv.value, lv.language)
         )
       val visualElements =
-        searchableDraft.visualElement.languageValues.map(lv => api.article.VisualElementDTO(lv.value, lv.language))
+        searchableDraft.domainObject.visualElement.map(lv => api.article.VisualElementDTO(lv.value, lv.language))
       val metaImages = searchableDraft.domainObject.metaImage.map(image => {
         val metaImageUrl = s"${props.ExternalApiUrls("raw-image")}/${image.imageId}"
         common.model.api.search.MetaImageDTO(metaImageUrl, image.altText, image.language)
diff --git a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/TestData.scala b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/TestData.scala
index 564836383..41baec757 100644
--- a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/TestData.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/TestData.scala
@@ -1863,7 +1863,6 @@ object TestData {
     id = 100,
     title = searchableTitles,
     content = searchableContents,
-    visualElement = searchableVisualElements,
     introduction = searchableIntroductions,
     metaDescription = searchableMetaDescriptions,
     tags = searchableTags,
diff --git a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticleTest.scala b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticleTest.scala
index 590b1d5a8..87989a484 100644
--- a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticleTest.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableArticleTest.scala
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ class SearchableArticleTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       )
     )
 
-    val visualElements = SearchableLanguageValues(Seq(LanguageValue("nn", "image"), LanguageValue("nb", "image")))
-
     val introductions = SearchableLanguageValues(
       Seq(
         LanguageValue("en", "Wroom wroom")
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ class SearchableArticleTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       id = 100,
       title = titles,
       content = contents,
-      visualElement = visualElements,
       introduction = introductions,
       metaDescription = metaDescriptions,
       tags = tags,
@@ -110,8 +107,6 @@ class SearchableArticleTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       )
     )
 
-    val visualElements = SearchableLanguageValues(Seq(LanguageValue("nn", "image"), LanguageValue("nb", "image")))
-
     val introductions = SearchableLanguageValues(
       Seq(
         LanguageValue("en", "Wroom wroom")
@@ -146,7 +141,6 @@ class SearchableArticleTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       id = 100,
       title = titles,
       content = contents,
-      visualElement = visualElements,
       introduction = introductions,
       metaDescription = metaDescriptions,
       tags = tags,
diff --git a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraftTest.scala b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraftTest.scala
index 81f00012c..6853b9c3d 100644
--- a/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraftTest.scala
+++ b/search-api/src/test/scala/no/ndla/searchapi/model/search/SearchableDraftTest.scala
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ class SearchableDraftTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       )
     )
 
-    val visualElements = SearchableLanguageValues(Seq(LanguageValue("nn", "image"), LanguageValue("nb", "image")))
-
     val introductions = SearchableLanguageValues(
       Seq(
         LanguageValue("en", "Wroom wroom")
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ class SearchableDraftTest extends UnitSuite with TestEnvironment {
       id = 100,
       title = titles,
       content = contents,
-      visualElement = visualElements,
       introduction = introductions,
       metaDescription = metaDescriptions,
       tags = tags,