Do not include hidden field in query string when submitting form with GET

Question

http://localhost:3000/users?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=aen

Here's my form in the view:

<% form_tag users_path, :method => 'get', :html => { :class => 'ui-form' } do %>
    <div class="ui-input ui-input-search">
      <%= text_field_tag :search %>
    </div>
  <% end %>

Which generates a hidden field that gets submitted:

<div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓"></div>

Answer 1

Set the disabled attribute on the field you don't want to submit.

Or is the real question about how to get rails to not create that hidden field in the first place?