--- a/mobile/android/base/home/BrowserSearch.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/home/BrowserSearch.java
@@ -340,19 +340,17 @@ public class BrowserSearch extends HomeF
 
         registerForContextMenu(mList);
         EventDispatcher.getInstance().registerGeckoThreadListener(this,
             "SearchEngines:Data");
 
         // If the view backed by this Fragment is being recreated, we will not receive
         // a new search engine data event so refresh the new search engine bar's data
         // & Views with the data we have.
-        mSearchEngineBar.setSearchEngines(
-                mSearchEngines.subList(getPrimaryEngineCount(), mSearchEngines.size())
-        );
+        updateSearchEngineBar();
         mSearchEngineBar.setOnSearchBarClickListener(this);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
 
         // Initialize the search adapter
@@ -581,32 +579,43 @@ public class BrowserSearch extends HomeF
 
             mSearchEngines = Collections.unmodifiableList(searchEngines);
             mLastLocale = Locale.getDefault();
 
             if (mAdapter != null) {
                 mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
             }
 
-            mSearchEngineBar.setSearchEngines(
-                    mSearchEngines.subList(getPrimaryEngineCount(), mSearchEngines.size())
-            );
+            updateSearchEngineBar();
 
             // Show suggestions opt-in prompt only if suggestions are not enabled yet,
             // user hasn't been prompted and we're not on a private browsing tab.
             if (!mSuggestionsEnabled && !suggestionsPrompted && mSuggestClient != null) {
                 showSuggestionsOptIn();
             }
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error getting search engine JSON", e);
         }
 
         filterSuggestions();
     }
 
+    private void updateSearchEngineBar() {
+        final int primaryEngineCount = getPrimaryEngineCount();
+
+        if (primaryEngineCount < mSearchEngines.size()) {
+            mSearchEngineBar.setSearchEngines(
+                    mSearchEngines.subList(primaryEngineCount, mSearchEngines.size())
+            );
+            mSearchEngineBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+        } else {
+            mSearchEngineBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onSearchBarClickListener(final SearchEngine searchEngine) {
         Telemetry.sendUIEvent(TelemetryContract.Event.LOAD_URL, TelemetryContract.Method.LIST_ITEM,
                 "searchenginebar");
 
         mSearchListener.onSearch(searchEngine, mSearchTerm);
     }