diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index d06c7471323..b52d0f9ba46 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Checks:  >
   -modernize-pass-by-value,
   -modernize-raw-string-literal,
   -modernize-avoid-bind,
-  -modernize-use-transparent-functors,
 
 WarningsAsErrors: '*'
 CheckOptions:
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
index d64587b85b4..a5983967542 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int BLI_string_search_query(StringSearch *search, const char *query, void ***r_d
   for (const int score : result_indices_by_score.keys()) {
     found_scores.append(score);
   }
-  std::sort(found_scores.begin(), found_scores.end(), std::greater<int>());
+  std::sort(found_scores.begin(), found_scores.end(), std::greater<>());
 
   /* Add results to output vector in correct order. First come the results with the best match
    * score. Results with the same score are in the order they have been added to the search. */