diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
index c33c1ec54..eef638f21 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/autoload/ivy.el
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ search current file. See `+ivy-task-tags' to customize what this searches for."
                  (counsel-projectile-grep args))
              (counsel-projectile-grep args))))
         ('ag
-         (let ((args (concat " -S" ; smart-case
-                             (if all-files-p " -a")
+         (let ((args (concat (if all-files-p " -a")
                              (unless recursion-p " --depth 1"))))
            (counsel-ag query directory args (format prompt args))))
         ('rg
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ search current file. See `+ivy-task-tags' to customize what this searches for."
         ('pt
          (let ((counsel-pt-base-command
                 (concat counsel-pt-base-command
-                        " -S" ; smart-case
                         (if all-files-p " -U")
                         (unless recursion-p " --depth=1")))
                (default-directory directory))
diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index e0f123bbc..cf79298da 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ immediately runs it on the current candidate (ending the ivy session)."
   :config
   (set! :popup "^\\*ivy-occur" '((size . 0.35)) '((transient . 0) (quit)))
 
-  (setq counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp "\\(?:^[#.]\\)\\|\\(?:[#~]$\\)\\|\\(?:^Icon?\\)")
+  (setq counsel-find-file-ignore-regexp "\\(?:^[#.]\\)\\|\\(?:[#~]$\\)\\|\\(?:^Icon?\\)"
+        counsel-rg-base-command "rg -zS --no-heading --line-number --color never %s ."
+        counsel-ag-base-command "ag -zS --nocolor --nogroup %s"
+        counsel-pt-base-command "pt -zS --nocolor --nogroup -e %s")
 
   ;; Dim recentf entries that are not in the current project.
   (ivy-set-display-transformer #'counsel-recentf #'+ivy-recentf-transformer)