diff --git a/Blacklight/Releases.php b/Blacklight/Releases.php
index 6b930dd4a..8a7d1b367 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Releases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Releases.php
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class Releases
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function apiSearch($searchName, $groupName, $offset = 0, $limit = 1000, $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], array $cat = [-1], $minSize = 0, array $excludedCategories = []): array
+    public function apiSearch($searchName, $groupName, $offset = 0, $limit = 1000, $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], array $cat = [-1], $minSize = 0): array
     {
         $searchOptions = [];
         if ($searchName !== -1) {
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 50ab4f4d8..6f2fb3217 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-08-07 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Remove unused parameter from apiSearch function
 	* Fix: Fix some more API related issues
 	* Chg: User can change only role allowed permissions (direct versus role based permissions)
 	* Fix: Fix category exclusions for RSS feeds