diff --git a/backgrid-filter.js b/backgrid-filter.js
index 9686c8a..f1346f2 100644
--- a/backgrid-filter.js
+++ b/backgrid-filter.js
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@
     */
     placeholder: null,
 
-    /**
-       @property [wait=false] The time in milliseconds to wait since the last
-       change to the search box's value before searching. This value can be
-       adjusted depending on how often the search box is used and how large the
-       search index is.  For ServerSideFilter this is turned off by default.
-    */
-    wait: false,
-
     /**
        @param {Object} options
        @param {Backbone.Collection} options.collection
@@ -92,12 +84,6 @@
       this.value = options.value || this.value;
       this.placeholder = options.placeholder || this.placeholder;
       this.template = options.template || this.template;
-      this.wait = options.wait || this.wait;
-
-      if (this.wait !== false) {
-        this.events["keydown input[type=search]"] = "search";
-        this._debounceMethods(["search", "clear"]);
-      }
 
       // Persist the query on pagination
       var collection = this.collection, self = this;
@@ -109,20 +95,7 @@
         };
       }
     },
-	
-    _debounceMethods: function(methodNames) {
-      if (_.isString(methodNames)) methodNames = [methodNames];
-
-      this.undelegateEvents();
-
-      for (var i = 0, l = methodNames.length; i < l; i++) {
-        var methodName = methodNames[i];
-        var method = this[methodName];
-        this[methodName] = _.debounce(method, this.wait);
-      }
 
-      this.delegateEvents();
-    },
     /**
        Event handler. Clear the search box and reset the internal search value.
      */
@@ -303,6 +276,20 @@
       });
     },
 
+    _debounceMethods: function (methodNames) {
+      if (_.isString(methodNames)) methodNames = [methodNames];
+
+      this.undelegateEvents();
+
+      for (var i = 0, l = methodNames.length; i < l; i++) {
+        var methodName = methodNames[i];
+        var method = this[methodName];
+        this[methodName] = _.debounce(method, this.wait);
+      }
+
+      this.delegateEvents();
+    },
+
     /**
        Constructs a Javascript regular expression object for #makeMatcher.