diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http.go
index 8936600bc..e80ffcd90 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http.go
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ func searchPullRequests(httpClient *http.Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, filters
 	q.SetType(githubsearch.PullRequest)
 	q.InRepository(ghrepo.FullName(repo))
 	q.AddQuery(filters.Search)
-	q.SortBy(githubsearch.CreatedAt, githubsearch.Desc)
 
 	switch filters.State {
 	case "open":
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http_test.go
index 6ac4e2cfa..9a82b5c16 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/http_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func Test_listPullRequests(t *testing.T) {
 					httpmock.GraphQL(`query PullRequestSearch\b`),
 					httpmock.GraphQLQuery(`{"data":{}}`, func(query string, vars map[string]interface{}) {
 						want := map[string]interface{}{
-							"q":     "repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:open author:monalisa sort:created-desc",
+							"q":     "repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:open author:monalisa",
 							"limit": float64(30),
 						}
 						if !reflect.DeepEqual(vars, want) {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func Test_listPullRequests(t *testing.T) {
 					httpmock.GraphQL(`query PullRequestSearch\b`),
 					httpmock.GraphQLQuery(`{"data":{}}`, func(query string, vars map[string]interface{}) {
 						want := map[string]interface{}{
-							"q":     "repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:open sort:created-desc one world in:title",
+							"q":     "repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:open one world in:title",
 							"limit": float64(30),
 						}
 						if !reflect.DeepEqual(vars, want) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list_test.go
index 28be3aee2..73b9ff2b6 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/list/list_test.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func TestPRList_filteringAssignee(t *testing.T) {
 	http.Register(
 		httpmock.GraphQL(`query PullRequestSearch\b`),
 		httpmock.GraphQLQuery(`{}`, func(_ string, params map[string]interface{}) {
-			assert.Equal(t, `repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:merged assignee:hubot label:"needs tests" base:develop sort:created-desc`, params["q"].(string))
+			assert.Equal(t, `repo:OWNER/REPO is:pr is:merged assignee:hubot label:"needs tests" base:develop`, params["q"].(string))
 		}))
 
 	_, err := runCommand(http, true, `-s merged -l "needs tests" -a hubot -B develop`)