diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3b23f02d..a8f5ef606 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -136,15 +136,6 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitpacking"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3744aff20a3437a99ebc0bb7733e9e60c7bf590478c9b897e95b38d57e5acb68"
-dependencies = [
- "crunchy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -267,12 +258,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cow-utils"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79bb3adfaf5f75d24b01aee375f7555907840fa2800e5ec8fa3b9e2031830173"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32c"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -370,12 +355,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 1.4.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crunchy"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "csv"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -981,18 +960,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "arc-cache",
  "askama",
  "askama_warp",
- "bitpacking",
  "bstr",
  "byteorder",
- "cow-utils",
  "criterion",
  "csv",
  "flate2",
  "fst",
  "fxhash",
  "heed",
- "indexmap",
- "itertools",
  "jemallocator",
  "levenshtein_automata",
  "log 0.4.11",
@@ -1649,9 +1624,9 @@ checksum = "21215c1b9d8f7832b433255bd9eea3e2779aa55b21b2f8e13aad62c74749b237"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "roaring"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d6c40b0f4a172f43c3dab852f6c05df5a643aebe7395dbeb598a2f5bb318c1e"
+checksum = "99a260b0fb7df2095948f4a1d37afe5d1a08a2ccc7380f418cec049dc9560077"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dbf77d00b..ffb407cb9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ default-run = "indexer"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.28"
 arc-cache = { git = "https://github.com/Kerollmops/rust-arc-cache.git", rev = "56530f2" }
-bitpacking = "0.8.2"
 bstr = "0.2.13"
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
-cow-utils = "0.1.2"
 csv = "1.1.3"
 flate2 = "1.0.17"
 fst = "0.4.3"
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ once_cell = "1.4.0"
 oxidized-mtbl = { git = "https://github.com/Kerollmops/oxidized-mtbl.git", rev = "9bf47a7" }
 rayon = "1.3.1"
 ringtail = "0.3.0"
-roaring = "0.6.0"
+roaring = "0.6.1"
 slice-group-by = "0.2.6"
 smallstr = "0.2.0"
 smallvec = "1.4.0"
@@ -36,12 +34,6 @@ tempfile = "3.1.0"
 log = "0.4.11"
 stderrlog = "0.4.3"
 
-# best proximity
-indexmap = "1.5.1"
-
-# to implement internally
-itertools = "0.9.0"
-
 # http server
 askama = "0.10.1"
 askama_warp = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index e1a6ae4ba..b392ad0b6 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::cmp;
 use fst::{IntoStreamer, Streamer};
 use levenshtein_automata::DFA;
 use levenshtein_automata::LevenshteinAutomatonBuilder as LevBuilder;
-use log::{debug, error};
+use log::debug;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use roaring::bitmap::{IntoIter, RoaringBitmap};
 
@@ -155,11 +155,9 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
             let mut union_positions = RoaringBitmap::new();
             for (word, (_distance, docids)) in words {
 
-                if docids.contains(candidate) {
-                    match index.docid_word_positions.get(rtxn, &(candidate, word))? {
-                        Some(positions) => union_positions.union_with(&positions),
-                        None => error!("position missing for candidate {} and word {:?}", candidate, word),
-                    }
+                if !docids.contains(candidate) { continue; }
+                if let Some(positions) = index.docid_word_positions.get(rtxn, &(candidate, word))? {
+                    union_positions.union_with(&positions);
                 }
             }
             keywords.push(union_positions.into_iter());
@@ -223,6 +221,13 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
              path.windows(2).map(|w| positions_proximity(w[0], w[1])).sum::<u32>()
         }
 
+        // If there only is one word, no need to compute the best proximities.
+        if derived_words.len() == 1 {
+            let found_words = derived_words.into_iter().flat_map(|(w, _)| w).map(|(w, _)| w).collect();
+            let documents_ids = candidates.iter().take(limit).collect();
+            return Ok(SearchResult { found_words, documents_ids });
+        }
+
         let mut paths = Vec::new();
         for candidate in candidates {
             let keywords = Self::fecth_keywords(rtxn, index, &derived_words, candidate)?;
@@ -236,7 +241,6 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
 
         let found_words = derived_words.into_iter().flat_map(|(w, _)| w).map(|(w, _)| w).collect();
         let documents_ids = documents.into_iter().map(|(_, id)| id).take(limit).collect();
-
         Ok(SearchResult { found_words, documents_ids })
     }
 }