diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/ItemsView.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/ItemsView.qml
index 260900ff01f..cfafd0dbc21 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/ItemsView.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources/ItemsView.qml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ ScrollView {
                         Repeater {
                             model: sectionEntries
                             delegate: ItemDelegate {
+                                visible: itemVisible
                                 width: styleConstants.cellWidth + itemGrid.flexibleWidth
                                 height: styleConstants.cellHeight
                             }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
index a95528818bc..bf070f38722 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ bool ItemLibrarySection::updateSectionVisibility(const QString &searchText, bool
         if (itemVisible)
             haveVisibleItems = true;
     }
-
-    m_sectionEntries.resetModel();
+    if (changed)
+        m_sectionEntries.resetModel();
 
     emit sectionEntriesChanged();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysectionmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysectionmodel.cpp
index 9b5a2fadd26..3ef357ece41 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysectionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysectionmodel.cpp
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ const QList<ItemLibraryItem *> &ItemLibrarySectionModel::items() const
 
 void ItemLibrarySectionModel::resetModel()
 {
-    beginResetModel();
-    endResetModel();
+    emit dataChanged(QModelIndex(), QModelIndex());
 }
 
 void ItemLibrarySectionModel::addRoleNames()